Gerd-Liv Valla
| Gerd-Liv Valla | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 4 February – 17 October 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | Thorbjørn Jagland |
| Preceded by | Anne Holt |
| Succeeded by | Aud Inger Aure |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 January 1948 Korgen, Nordland |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Norwegian Labour Party |
| Residence | Oslo, Norway |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Profession | Politician |
Gerd-Liv Valla (born 25 January 1948 in Korgen, Nordland) was the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). She took over in 2001 (from former leader, Yngve Hågensen) and resigned in 2007. In 1997 she was the Norwegian Minister of Justice.
Valla grew up on a farm near Bjerka in Hemnes municipality, Nordland. Their father was active in the Norwegian Agrarian Association, and her brother Nils Valla would become a national leader of this organization. Gerd-Liv Valla moved to Hemnesberget to compete her primary education, and to Mo i Rana for upper secondary school. While living in Mo, she competed for Mo IL in middle distance running and set a Northern Norwegian record in the 800 metres. The time was 2:18.1 minutes, achieved in June 1968 on Bislett stadion.
Valla has a major degree in political science, with minors in social anthropology and public law. She graduated as cand.polit. from the University of Oslo in 1977, and attended the Department of Teacher Education and School Research at the University of Oslo in 1979. She headed the Norwegian Student Union 1974–75.
For seven years she was married to historian Harald Berntsen. Together they have a daughter.
She has worked both in the trade unions and as first consultant and office leader at the Research Council of Norway, as well as lector at Eik Teacher Academy in Tønsberg.
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