Kjersti Ericsson is a Norwegian psychologist, criminologist, writer, poet and former politician. She is Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

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Ericsson obtained her cand.psychol. degree in 1969, and was a Research Assistant and Lecturer at the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo from 1969 to 1978. Since 1978, she has been employed with the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (formerly the Department of Criminology and Criminal Law). She became an Associate Professor in 1981 and a Professor in 1997.

Kjersti Ericsson was leader of the political party AKP

Workers' Communist Party (Norway)

The Workers' Communist Party was a Norwegian communist party . AKP was a maoist party and one of two communist parties in Norway; the other was the older Communist Party of Norway which has remained pro-Soviet. The relationship between the two parties was characterized by strong hostility.AKP was...

from 1984 to 1988. From 1980 to 1984, she was deputy leader.

Aside from her academic publications, she has published poetry, novels and political literature in Norwegian, English and German.

External links

• http://folk.uio.no/kjerstie