Birgit Brock-Utne (born 4 May 1938) is a Norwegian educator and politician.

Personal life

Brock-Utne was born in

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 of ...

on 4 May 1938, to Gerhard Brock-Utne and translator Gertrud Hessenberg. From 1960 to 1973 she was married to judge Bård Gaarder, and in 1973 she was married to politician and diplomat

Gunnar Garbo Gunnar Garbo (19 April 1924 – 29 June 2016) was a Norwegian journalist, politician, and ambassador. He represented the Liberal Party of Norway at the Norwegian Parliament during four electoral periods, from 1958 to 1973, and was leader for th ...

(1924–2016).

Career

Brock-Utne was professor at the University of Dar-es-Salaam from 1987 to 1992, and professor 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 ...

from 1995. Among her books are ''Kunnskap uten makt'' from 1980 (with Runa Haukaa), ''Educating for Peace. A Feminist Perspective'' from 1985, and ''En mors tåre. Vi som mister våre barn på veiene'' from 1986.

References

1938 births Living people Norwegian educationalists Norwegian feminists Norwegian expatriates in Tanzania Academic staff of the University of Dar es Salaam Academic staff of the University of Oslo Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian women non-fiction writers {{Edu-bio-stub