Kristin Krohn Devold (born 12 August 1961 in Ålesund) is a former Minister of Defence of Norway who was forced to resign as a result of promoting Atle Torbjørn Karlsvik to head Norway's Joint chiefs of staff (fellesstaben i Forsvaret) in 2005.[1]
She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1993, and was re-elected on two occasions as a representative for Conservative Party.
Since 2006 she is the secretary-general of the Norwegian Trekking Association. She is married and has two children.
She has a Master of Science Degree in Business from the Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, 1985. She minored in sociology at the University of Bergen in 1986.
From 2001 to 2005, when the second cabinet Bondevik held office, Krohn Devold was Minister of Defence. During this term her seat in parliament was taken by Hans Gjeisar Kjæstad. Krohn Devold was mentioned as a possible candidate for the position of Secretary General of NATO after George Robertson,[2] but eventually lost out to Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
On the local level Krohn Devold was a member of Oslo city council from 1991 to 1993.
The Norwegian Trekking Association made an exception to their rules about sponsoring, resulting in the sponsoring of a daughter of Devold, and her student friends, with 5 000 Norwegian kroner in 2011.[3] (The sponsorship was part of a deal where the organization would receive advertising on the side of a bus used for celebrating the forthcoming end of the secondary schooling of the group of friends.) The organization reversed that decision about sponsoring, later in 2011.[4]
| Preceded by Bjørn Tore Godal |
Norwegian Minister of Defence 2001–2005 |
Succeeded by Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen |
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