Kjersti Graver Explained

Kjersti Graver (8 October 1945 – 14 February 2009) was a Norwegian jurist.

Personal life

She was born in Oslo[1] as the oldest child of Gerd and Odd Graver. She was a granddaughter of Torjus Graver[2] and niece of Petter Graver.

She was married to Supreme Court Justice Lars Oftedal Broch, grandson of Lars Oftedal.[1] They resided at Jar.[3]

Career

She took her law degree in 1970. After serving as a deputy judge and working in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Administration,[4] she was hired as a head of department in the Norwegian Consumer Council in 1979.[1] From 1984 to 1987 she worked for the Dutch Consumer Research Institute.[4]

She served as the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman from 1987 to 1995.[1] During this period she was behind a prohibition of the skateboard in Norway.[5] In 1995 she was appointed as a presiding judge in the Borgarting Court of Appeal.[1]

She was also a board member of the National Institute for Consumer Research,[4] Amnesty International Norway and a member of the Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee. She died in February 2009.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Kjersti Graver. Store norske leksikon. 22 January 2023 . Norwegian.
  2. Encyclopedia: Møller. Tryggve Juul. Graver, Odd. Studentene fra 1941. 1966. Bokkomiteen for Studentene fra 1941. Oslo. Norwegian. 188.
  3. News: 60 år 8. oktober: Lagdommer Kjersti Graver. 16 September 2005. Norwegian. Norwegian News Agency.
  4. News: Kjersti Graver 50 år 8. oktober. 16 September 2005. Norwegian. Norwegian News Agency.
  5. News: Astrid . Meland . De forbød skateboard i Norge . Dagbladet . Norwegian . 25 January 2008 . 2008-09-12 .
  6. News: Kjersti Graver er død . Norwegian News Agency . 19 February 2009 . 19 February 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090220204628/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2935395.ece . 20 February 2009 .