Sissel Rønbeck

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Sissel Rønbeck
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office
25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997
Prime MinisterThorbjørn Jagland
Preceded byKjell Opseth
Succeeded byOdd Einar Dørum
Minister of the Environment
In office
9 May 1986 – 16 October 1989
Prime MinisterGro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded byRakel Surlien
Succeeded byKristin Hille Valla
Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs
In office
8 October 1979 – 14 October 1981
Prime MinisterOdvar Nordli
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded byKirsten Myklevoll
Succeeded byAstrid Gjertsen
Leader of the Worker’s Youth League
In office
2 September 1975 – 14 October 1977
Preceded byRune Gerhardsen
Succeeded byThorbjørn Jagland
Personal details
Born
Sissel Marie Rønbeck

(1950-05-24) 24 May 1950 (age 73)
Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)Bjørn Tore Godal (1971–1981)
Arne Wam (1983–)
Children2

Sissel Marie Rønbeck (born 24 May 1950 in Hammerfest, Finnmark) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Biography[edit]

She was Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs 1979–1981, Minister of Environmental Affairs 1986–1989, and Minister of Transport and Communications 1996–1997. Between 1981 and 1993 she was a parliamentary representative for Oslo in the Norwegian legislature, Storting. She is currently deputy director of the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren), and a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.[1]

Rønbeck attended Oslo Cathedral School, but did not complete her examen artium.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rønbeck, Sissel ( 1950- )" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  2. ^ Norderval, Ingunn (13 February 2009). "Sissel Rønbeck". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
Political offices
Preceded by Norwegian Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs
1979–1981
Succeeded by
Preceded by Norwegian Minister of the Environment
1986–1989
Succeeded by
Preceded by Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications
1996–1997
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Chairman of Workers' Youth League
1975–1977
Succeeded by