Inger Louise Valle

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Inger Louise Valle
Minister of Local Government
In office
8 October 1979 – 3 October 1980
Prime MinisterOdvar Nordli
Preceded byArne Nilsen
Succeeded byHarriet Andreassen
Minister of Government Administration and Consumer Affairs
In office
8 May 1972 – 18 October 1972
Prime MinisterTrygve Bratteli
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byEva Kolstad
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 1977 – 30 September 1981
ConstituencyAkershus
Personal details
Born(1921-11-28)28 November 1921
penal system. She is the mother of professor Jan Grund
.

Biography

She represented Akershus in the Norwegian Parliament in the period between 1977 and 1981. She also served as Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs 1971-1972 and Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs in 1972, Minister of Justice and the Police 1973-1976 and 1976–1979, and Minister of Local Government Affairs 1979–1980. Valle also served in the local government of Bærum, and was Norway's first Consumer Ombudsman.

Born into a privileged family and educated as an attorney, Valle was one of the first ministers of justice whose main career had been in politics. Her views on the Norwegian

Norwegian membership in the European Community
, as the director of Norway's penal system. Among other things, he recommended eliminating prison sentences as punishment for crimes for financial gain.

The controversy gained steam in the fall of 1978, when professor of law

Conservative Party, claiming that the principles were coddling criminals and threatening law and order. The year after in April 1979, Valle pressured prime minister Nordli to push through Stortinget, against all advice and recommendations the total abolition of the death penalty in Norway. Valle quickly found herself isolated, even now within her own party. Much of the blame for the Labour Party's relatively poor showing in the 1979 elections
were put at her feet.

Even among her detractors, she is noted for her moral courage and commitment to humanistic values. Although many of her proposed reforms never were implemented, some were, notably raising the age of criminal accountability and including community service in the penal system.

Valle headed the Norwegian executive committee for UN's International Women's Year in 1975.[citation needed]

References

  • "Inger Louise Valle" (in Norwegian). Storting.
Political offices
Preceded by
Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs

1971—1972
Succeeded by
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position created
Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman
1973–1981
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of Justice and the Police

1973–1979
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development

1979–1980
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Director of the Norwegian Directorate of Rationalisation
1981–1986
Succeeded by