Kjerstin Askholt | |
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21st Governor of Svalbard | |
Assumed office 1 October 2015 |
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Preceded by | Odd Olsen Ingerø |
Personal details | |
Born |
Oslo, Norway |
7 May 1962
Kjerstin Askholt (born 7 May 1962) is a Norwegian civil servant. She is the Governor of Svalbard.
Askholt was the deputy director of Bredtveit Prison from 1990 to 1991, deputy director of the Ministry of Justice from 1996 to 1999, and was from 2003, deputy under-seceretary of state at the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice. She was appointed Governor of Svalbard on 1 October 2015.