Berit Kjøll (born 30 November 1955) is a Norwegian economist,

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and sports administrator. She served as the president of the

Norwegian Confederation of Sports The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports ( no, Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité; NIF) is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in No ...

from 2019 to 2023.

Early and personal life

Born on 30 November 1955, Kjøll has studied market economy at Norges Markedshøyskole, and

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at the Oppland Distriktshøgskole. She has further education in administration from Harvard Business School.

Career

Kjøll has held leading administrative positions in Universitetenes Reisebyrå, Norgesparken with

Tusenfryd Tusenfryd (lit. "Thousand Joys", also Common Daisy) is an amusement park at Vinterbro, Norway. The park is located 20 kilometers south of Oslo. Two of the longest motorway corridors in Norway, E6 and E18, meet nearby ''Tusenfryd'' and the park ...

and Vikinglandet,

Flytoget The Airport Express Train ( no, Flytoget) is a Norwegian high-speed airport railway service connecting Oslo Airport to Oslo Central Station in nineteen minutes. Run by Flytoget AS (formerly NSB Gardermobanen AS), it operates on the high-speed ...

, Steen & Strøm and Telenor. She was appointed director of

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Norway in 2011, and assumed this position until 2019. She served as chairman of the board of the

Norwegian Trekking Association The Norwegian Trekking Association ( no, Den norske turistforening, DNT) is a Norwegian association which maintains mountain trails and cabins in Norway. The association was founded on 21 January 1868 with the scope "to help and develop tourism i ...

from 2012 to 2018, and in

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AS. She has been board member of

Hurtigruten AS Hurtigruten AS is a Norwegian coastal ferry service and cruise line headquartered in Oslo, Norway. It operates ''Hurtigruten'', the coastal ferry service along the Norwegian coast from which it takes its name. In 2020, 81% of the company was ...

A and

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, as well as ,

DNB ASA DNB ASA (formerly DnB NOR ASA) is Norway's largest financial services group with total combined assets of more than NOK 1.9 trillion and a market capitalisation NOK 164 billion as of 20 May 2016. DNB's head office is located in Oslo. The two ...

, Scandinavian Airlines,

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, Norges Varemesse AS and

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. She was voted president of the

in 2019, edging out Sven Mollekleiv with a vote margin of two. She sought re-election in 2023, but lost to her opponent Zaineb Al-Samarai in a 138–29 vote.

References

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