Knut Brofoss (born 9 October 1948) is a Norwegian civil servant.
He was born in
Oslo as a son of
Erik Brofoss. He took the
cand.jur.
Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries.
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degree, and was hired in the
Ministry of Justice and the Police
The Royal Ministry of Justice and Public Security ( no, Det kongelige justis- og beredskapsdepartement) is a Norwegian government ministry that oversees justice, the police, and domestic intelligence. The main purpose of the ministry is to provide ...
in 1975. From 1983 he worked in the
Ministry of Social Affairs. He was deputy under-secretary of state from 1988 to 1999, and acting permanent under-secretary of state in 1999. From 1999 to 2000 he worked as a prosecutor in the
Norwegian National Authority for the Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime. He then became general director of the
Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research.
In 2005 he was appointed as director of the
National Insurance Court.
He is married to
Ingse Stabel
Inger-Else "Ingse" Stabel (born 14 December 1946) is a Norwegian judge.
She was born in Oslo as a daughter of Supreme Court Justice Carl Ludovico Stabel (1912–1988) and Karen Andrea Elisabeth Eide (1914–2001). She is a niece of Fredrik Stabel ...
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References
1948 births
Living people
Norwegian civil servants
Norwegian jurists
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