Anne Lindboe (born 1 August 1971) is a Norwegian

paediatrician Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until the ...

who is currently the mayor of Oslo since 2023. She previously served as the Norwegian

Children's Ombudsman A children's ombudsman, children's commissioner, youth commissioner, child advocate, children's commission, youth ombudsman or equivalent body is a public authority in various countries charged with the protection and promotion of the rights of chil ...

from 2012 to 2018.regjeringen.no (27 April 2012)
Anne Lindboe blir nytt barneombud
, retrieved 27 April 2012

Early life, education and medical career

Anne Lindboe grew up in Revetal, Vestfold. Her parents were teachers. As a young girl she sang in the Sandefjord Jentekor.Hugo Lauritz Jenssen et al
Alt for barna
Dagens Næringsliv, 3 March 2012 She obtained the cand.med. (MD) degree at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

in 2000, and also holds an MBA in Management from the

Norwegian School of Economics The Norwegian School of Economics ( no, Norges Handelshøyskole) or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. It was founded in 1936 as Norway's first business school and is a leading teaching and research institution in the fields of ...

. She was approved as a specialist in paediatrics in 2011. From 2008 to 2011, she was a consultant at ''Statens Barnehus'' ''

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

'', and from 2010 also a researcher at the

Norwegian Institute of Public Health The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) (Norwegian: ''Folkehelseinstituttet''; FHI) is a Norwegian government agency and research institute, and is Norway's national public health institute. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Health and ...

. She worked as an intern at ''Bærum Hospital'' 2001–2002 and as an assistant physician at ''Drammen Hospital'' 2002–2003 and

Ullevål University Hospital Ullevaal Stadion () is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground o ...

2004–2007. In 2010, she admitted to the PhD programme at the

, but has not completed a doctorate.regjeringen.no (27 April 2012)
Anne Lindboe utnevnt som nytt barneombud
retrieved 27 April 2012

Political career

Mayor of Oslo

In July 2022, she was nominated as the Oslo Conservatives' mayoral candidate for the 2023 local elections. Following the election which resulted in a Conservative victory, Lindboe became mayor on 25 October, with the Progress Party's Julianne Ofstad as deputy mayor.

Children's Ombudsman

She has compared long time child custody conflicts to child neglect, and has suggested that mediation between parents should be mandatory before such cases are brought in for court. In the summer of 2012, she was interviewed for '' Vårt Land'', where she demanded that

religious male circumcision Religious circumcision generally occurs shortly after birth, during childhood, or around puberty as part of a rite of passage. Circumcision is most prevalent in the religions of Judaism and Islam. Circumcision for religious reasons is most promi ...

changes in symbolic term. Invited in

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at the NOCIRC &

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symposium on 2 October 2012, Lindboe confirmed that she was approached by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, but upheld her view that traditional male circumcision should be banned. In 2013, Lindboe and the children's

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from Sweden,

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and

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along with the Chair of the Danish Children's Council and the children's spokesperson for

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passed a resolution to "Let boys decide for themselves whether they want to be circumcised."Nordic Association of Ombudsmen
Let the boys decide on circumcision
Adopted at Oslo, 30 September 2013. They further declared that "Circumcision without a medical indication on a person unable to provide informed consent conflicts with basic principles of medical ethics."Nordic children’s ombudsmen take historic step to protect children’s rights
Tuesday, 1 October 2013 After her departure in 2018, she became the chair of the National Association of Private Kindergartens. She resigned her position on 3 January 2022 with immediate effect.

Personal

Anne Lindboe is married and has three children. The family lives in

Ullevål Hageby Ullevål Hageby is a residential area and garden city in borough Nordre Aker of Oslo, Norway. All housing in the area is part of the housing cooperative ''Oslo Havebyselskap''. The area borders on Ullevål University Hospital to the east, Blinde ...

, Oslo.

References

External links

Interview with Paul Mason norway ombudsman site
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