Karin Maria Bruzelius
Karin Maria Bruzelius | |
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Ministry of Transport and Communications | |
In office 1989–1997 | |
Succeeded by | Per Sanderud |
Supreme Court Justice | |
In office 1997–2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 February 1941 |
Nationality | Sweden, Norway |
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Karin Maria Bruzelius (born 19 February 1941) is a Swedish-born Norwegian supreme court justice and former president of the
Background
She was born in Lund, Sweden, as the daughter of the judge and legal scholar Anders Bruzelius.[1] She graduated as jur.kand. (JD) from Lund University in 1964, and Master of Law from Columbia Law School in 1969. When she was a law student at Lund University, Ruth Bader Ginsburg stayed at the university to co-author the book Civil Procedure in Sweden with her father, and Ginsburg became a close friend of the family. Karin Bruzelius later said that "by getting close to my family, Ruth realized that one could live in a completely different way, that women could have a different lifestyle and legal position than what they had in the United States;" Bruzelius' father and Ginsburg jointly received honorary doctorates at Lund in 1969.[2]
Legal career
Following her graduation in 1964, she briefly worked as an assistant judge in Gothenburg. Later that year she moved to Norway as a result of her marriage to Norwegian lawyer and peace activist Fredrik Heffermehl. Bruzelius became a Norwegian citizen in 1972, and was naturalized through an act of parliament in 1974, a rare procedure that was necessary for appointment of a foreign-born person to higher office in the civil service.[3]
She worked in the
From 1982 to 1987, she worked as a corporate lawyer for the
She has chaired the Petroleum Price Board (1987–2004), responsible for setting norm prices for petroleum produced on the Norwegian continental shelf. She chairs the Norwegian Financial Services Complaints Board. She was president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights 1978–1984,[4] and 2018–2020; she was also Vice President of the association 1974–1978, and 2014–2016, and a board member for 18 years between 1974, and 2020. She was a board member of the International Alliance of Women 1979–1985. From 2016, she is currently a member of the Norwegian Women's Lobby's expert committee.[5]
On 5 February 2008, the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs of the
References
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ^ Kleen, Björn af (2020-09-19). "Kombination av sprödhet och jävlar anamma bidrog till hennes status som legendar". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- Parliament of Norway
- ^ ISBN 978-82-03-23561-0.
- ^ Karin Bruzelius
- ^ Gjerde, Robert (5 February 2008). "Stortinget må vurdere riksrett". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 8 February 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
- ^ Ommundsen, Else Gro (8 May 2008). "Høyesterettsdommere stilles ikke for riksrett". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.