State Conciliator of Norway
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The State Conciliator of Norway is an arbitrator's office of Norway
. It is invoked in labour disputes, in other words when tariff
agreements are disagreed upon.
It was established in 1915, and the first State Conciliator took office in 1916. The headquarters are in Oslo
.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is invoked in labour disputes, in other words when tariff
Tariff
A tariff may be either tax on imports or exports , or a list or schedule of prices for such things as rail service, bus routes, and electrical usage ....
agreements are disagreed upon.
It was established in 1915, and the first State Conciliator took office in 1916. The headquarters are in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
.
List of State Conciliators of Norway
This is a list of the State Conciliators of Norway:- 1916–1920 : Jens Michael LundJens Michael LundJens Michael Lund was a Norwegian lawyer and civil servant.He was a brother of politician Fredrik Stang Lund, and a more distant relative of Jochum Lund, founding father Gabriel Lund, politician John Theodor Lund, historian Fr. Macody Lund and painters John Macody Lund and Henrik Lund.He took the...
- 1920–1921 : Vilhelm LieVilhelm LieVilhelm Gabriel Heiberg Lie was a Norwegian civil servant.He was a son of Emil Bernhard Lie , a brother of Bernt Lie and a nephew of writer Jonas Lie...
- 1921–1922 : Paul Ivar PaulsenPaul Ivar PaulsenPaul Ivar Paulsen was a Norwegian lawyer and civil servant.He took the cand.jur. degree in 1892. He was hired as an assistant secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1899 and was promoted to deputy under-secretary of state in 1908...
- 1922–1930 : Valentin VossValentin VossValentin Voss was a Norwegian lawyer and civil servant.He took the cand.jur. degree in 1903 and the lawyer's license in 1909. From 1922 to 1930 he was the State Conciliator of Norway. From 1927 he was also a defender in Eidsivating Court of Appeal...
- 1931–1945 : Andreas ClaussenAndreas ClaussenAndreas Claussen was a Norwegian barrister, civil servant and politician for the Liberal Party.-Early life and career:...
- 1946–1948 : Paal Berg
- 1948–1954 : Henrik LundhHenrik LundhHenrik Julius Lundh was a Norwegian civil servant.He was born in Kristiania as a son of Ragnar Lundh and Aggie Olsen . From 1919 he was married to Ragnhild Tandberg, but she died in 1922. From 1924 he was married to Elise Caroline Aubert .He finished his secondary education in 1911, and enrolled...
- 1954–1964 : Thoralf Evje
- 1965–1974 : Preben MunthePreben MunthePreben Hempel Munthe is a Norwegian economist.He was born in Aker as a son of librarian Wilhelm Munthe and dr.philos. Jenny Hempel , and younger brother of Gerhard Munthe. He finished his secondary education in 1941, and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.oecon. degree in 1946...
- 1975–1981 : Konrad B. KnutsenKonrad B. KnutsenKonrad Birger Knutsen is a Norwegian civil servant.He was born in Voss, and is a cand.jur. by education. He served as chief administrative officer of finance in Stavanger municipality from 1967 to 1973, and County Governor of Rogaland from 1973 to 1981. From January 1975 to November 1981 he served...
- 1982–1988 : Bjørn HaugBjørn HaugBjørn Haug is a Norwegian judge.He was born in Oslo. He worked in the Office of the Attorney General of Norway from 1959 to 1962 and in the private company Christiania Spigerverk from 1962 to 1972. He was then the Attorney General of Norway from 1972 to 1993, and also served as the State...
- 1988–2004 : Reidar WebsterReidar WebsterReidar Ludvig Webster is a Norwegian civil servant.He was born in Oslo as the son of manager Reidar Ludvig Webster and pianist Astrid Thyrnhi . He finished his secondary education in 1953, and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in 1963. In the same year he married...
- 2005–2009 : Svein LongvaSvein LongvaSvein Longva was a Norwegian economist and civil servant.He was born in Oslo, but his family moved to Volda in 1950. After completing his secondary education there in 1962, he enrolled in political economy studies at the University of Oslo...
- 2009–2009 : Geir EngebretsenGeir EngebretsenGeir Engebretsen is a Norwegian jurist and civil servant.He was born in Oslo, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1978. He was a subdirector and head of department in the Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1985 to 1991, except for the years 1987 to 1989 when he worked in the county...
(acting) - 2009–present : Kari GjestebyKari GjestebyKari Gjesteby is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She has never been a member of the Norwegian Parliament, but has been State Secretary for three tenures, as well as Minister of Trade and Shipping from February to October 1981 and Minister of Justice and the Police from 1990 to 1992...