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Berit Reiss-Andersen was born on 11 July, 1954 in Drøbak, Akershus, Norway, is a Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Discover Berit Reiss-Andersen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

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Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 11 July 1954
Birthday 11 July
Birthplace Drøbak, Akershus, Norway
Nationality United States

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1954

Berit Reiss-Andersen (born 11 July 1954) is a Norwegian lawyer, author and former politician for the Norwegian Labour Party.

She is chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the 5-member committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize.

She is also a board member of the Nobel Foundation, which has the overall responsibility for all the five Nobel Prizes.

1981

Reiss Andersen earned her Candidate of Jurisprudence degree (a 6-year law degree) in 1981 at the University of Oslo, Norway's preeminent university.

She was an executive officer at the Norwegian Office of Immigration 1981–1982 and legal adviser at the Royal Ministry of Justice and the Police 1982–1984.

1984

She served as a prosecutor with the Oslo Police District 1984–1987.

1987

From 1987 to 2016 she had her own law practice in Oslo, and she obtained the right to appear before the Supreme Court of Norway in 1995.

1996

She served as state secretary for the Minister of Justice and Police from 1996 to 1997 and as president of the Norwegian Bar Association from 2008 to 2012.

She has co-authored two crime novels with former Minister of Justice Anne Holt.

She is currently a partner at DLA Piper's Oslo office.

She served as state secretary for the Minister of Justice and Police from 1996 to 1997, in the Labour Party government of Thorbjørn Jagland.

1997

In 1997 she was appointed as one of the regular defence counsels at Oslo District Court and Borgarting Court of Appeal.

2008

She was president of the Norwegian Bar Association from 2008 to 2012.

2011

She was elected as a Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee by the Storting (Parliament) on 22 November 2011, and was nominated by the Norwegian Labour Party.

2012

Her term started 1 January 2012 and ends 31 December 2017.

2014

From 2014 she is also a board member of the Nobel Foundation, which has the overall responsibility for all the five Nobel Prizes.

Reiss-Andersen has criticized Erna Solberg over her silence on Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo when he was dying in prison in China and the Norwegian government refused to say whether it supported the European Union's demand that Liu be released; Reiss-Andersen described Solberg and her right-wing government's attitude as "embarrassing."

On behalf of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Nobel Foundation, Reiss-Andersen wanted to participate in Liu Xiaobo's funeral, but was denied a visa by the Chinese government.

She has co-authored two crime novels with former Minister of Justice Anne Holt.

Her paternal grandfather was Gunnar Reiss-Andersen, who wrote lyric poetry.

2016

In 2016 she became a partner at DLA Piper's Oslo office.

2017

On 20 February 2017 she became the acting chairman of the committee, following the death of Kaci Kullmann Five.

On 2 May 2017, she was formally elected as the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

In this capacity Reiss-Andersen selects the Nobel Peace Prize laureate together with the four other committee members, and she is responsible for formally presenting the prize.