Hanne Bjurstrøm


Hanne Bjurstrøm is a Norwegian lawyer and politician representing the Norwegian Labour Party, who is currently serving as Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud. She served as Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion in the Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet from 21 December 2009 to 21 September 2012.
Prior to entering the cabinet, she was a special adviser in the Ministry of Climate and Environment and served as the Norwegian chief negotiator at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2009. She has formerly also worked at the Ministry of Justice and Public Security and the Office of the Attorney General of Norway, and as a corporate lawyer. After leaving the cabinet, she became a partner in the corporate law firm Arntzen de Besche.
She was appointed by the King-in-Council as Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud on 23 October 2015 and took office on 18 January 2016.

Personal life

Bjurstrøm is living together with Jørn Sigurd Maurud, the Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions.