Anna Louise Beer (1924–2010) was a Norwegian lawyer, judge and women's rights activist who was president of the

Norwegian National Women's Council The Norwegian National Women's Council ( no, italic=no, Norske Kvinners Nasjonalråd) was founded on 8 January 1904 as an umbrella organization for the various Norwegian women's associations. It was established by Gina Krog whose international con ...

from 1973 to 1979.

Legal career

She studied law at the University of Oslo and graduated in 1949. She then worked in the Ministry of Justice and Police, was an assistant judge and was admitted to the bar in 1957. Since 1964 she was legal secretary at the Supreme Court, i.e. legal advisor to the court. From 1972 she was a judge at the probate court in Oslo and from 1988 to 1994 president of the court. She was a candidate for a seat on the Supreme Court in the 1970s, but was never appointed. She published several books on inheritance law.

Politics

She was president of the Norwegian Association of Female Lawyers from 1960 to 1962 and president of the

from 1973 to 1979. She represented that organization at the World Conference on Women held in

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in 1975. She was also active in the

Norwegian Association for Women's Rights The Norwegian Association for Women's Rights ( no, italic=no, Norsk Kvinnesaksforening; NKF) is Norway's oldest and preeminent women's and girls' rights organization and works "to promote gender equality and all women's and girls' human rights thr ...

. Beer was considered to be rather conservative; she was known in the 1970s as an opponent of liberalizing abortion law, as well as an opponent of pornography.Elisabeth Lønnå: ''Stolthet og kvinnekamp: Norsk kvinnesaksforenings historie fra 1913'' (p. 243). Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo 1996, ISBN 82-05-24495-2 She was a member of the Oslo City Council from 1977 to 1978 and represented the Liberal People's Party. She was also a member of the Appeals Committee for Gender Equality (Klagenemnda for likestilling) from 1979 to 1983 and a member of the National Tax Commission from 1980 to 1984.

Honours

She was appointed a knight first class of the Order of St. Olav.«Jubilanter». ''Aftenposten'' 12 June 2004

References

Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people 1924 births 2010 deaths Judges from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian women writers {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub