°1944, NORWEGIAN.

Civilian career.

• Cand. Jur. Oslo University, 1971.
• Assistant Judge, Ytre Sogn District Court, 1972-1973.
• Counselor, Ministry of Justice, 1973.
• Counselor, Ministry of Communications, 1974-1978.
• Prosecutor, Oslo Police Department, 1978-1980.
• Head of Anti Terrorist Department, State Security Service, 1980-1991.
• Public Prosecutor Northern Norway, Tromsø, 1985.
• Liaison Officer ICPO-Interpol, Lyons, France since 1992.
• Head of The European Liaison Bureau since 1998.
• From 2002 responsible for Interpol’s contact with International Organizations.
• 1 October 2002 nominated Assistant National Commissioner responsible for International Police Co-operation in the National Police Directorate.

Military career.

• Royal Norwegian Artillery Officers School, 1964.
• Army Service, Northern Norway, 1965. Sergeant - Lieutenant.
• UNIFIL, Southern Lebanon, 1979. Captain.
• National Defense Academy, 1983 - 1984.
• Captain, Royal Artillery (R).

As a supplement to the enclosed CV, I would like to add:

• I received officers training in the Royal Artillery, and subsequently served in Northern Norway as well as in the UN in Lebanon.
• I took my law degree at the University of Oslo in 1971. Speciality; Air Law. (Public and private regulations concerning air transport).
• In addition to my military schooling, training and experience I led the Anti terrorism and Anti subversion unit in the State Security Service for 11 years, thus obtaining experience in the leadership of men as well as operational activity. In addition the post required and developed specific skills related to its rather special nature.
• As a Public Prosecutor and Police lawyer I have dealt with pure judicial and legal matters in criminal law and criminal procedural law.
• I served for two years as a judge (assistant-judge) in a County court.
• For more than ten years I have been working at the General Secretariat of Interpol in Lyons, France. Since 1998 I have headed the European Liaison Bureau unit, which encompasses 45 European states and since the beginning of this year I have led Interpol’s contact with International Organisations.
• In the European Liaison Bureau, I had special liaison responsibility for the Nordic countries in addition to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
  In Interpol I have also been the main responsible for contact with The Council of Europe, both The Directorate of Human Rights and the Directorate of Legal Affairs.
• 1 October 2002 I was nominated Assistant National Commissioner in the Police Directorate in Norway, responsible for International Police Co-operation.
• I have taught at “The International Law Enforcement Academy” in Budapest, Hungary. The students at the Academy are medium and senior level police officers from the former socialist countries.
• Under the auspices of the Council of Europe I have participated in programs aiming at the structural change and democratisation of the new member countries. Likewise I have participated in the projects Interpol itself has initiated to develop “good practice” and a police concept rooted on human rights in a society based on the principle of the rule of law.
• Additionally I have been engaged in the improvement of police co-operation in Europe, in particular in Eastern Europe, and the study of co-operation and sharing of responsibilities between the different law enforcement entities. (Interpol, Europol, Schengen). I have been instrumental in obtaining funding for the enhancement of the technical and administrative standard in South Eastern European Interpol offices, including the implementation phase. This concerns e.g. Sarajevo, Skopje, Tirana and Baku. In Sarajevo and Kosovo I have co-operated intimately with UNMBIH and UNMIK.
• I have published an article on this subject: “Police co-operation - current problems and suggestions for solutions within interstate police co-operation in Europe” published in the book “The implementation of Schengen” from “The European Institute of Public administration” in Maastricht.
• I know well and know well how to work in an international environment, with people from a wide range of cultures and with different attitudes; also as concerns policing.
• I am experienced in appearing before and speaking to international audiences.
• Apart from the Scandinavian languages I speak and write English very good. I speak and read French as well as German.
  As will be seen I served in the UNIFIL forces in Lebanon in 1979. At the time I was Legal, Claims and Contact Officer, i.e. the battalions lawyer and liaison officer towards the local, civilian administration.
• In 1986 I graduated from the National Defence Academy.

As references I name the Head of the Norwegian National Police, Director Mrs. Ingelin Killengeen. Oslo, and Head of the National Crime Investigation Service, Mr. Arne Huuse, Oslo.