State Conciliator of Norway

The State Conciliator of Norway (Norwegian: Riksmeklingsmannen) is an arbitrator's office of Norway. It is invoked in labour disputes, in other words when tariff agreements are disagreed upon.

It was established in 1915,^[1] and the first State Conciliator took office in 1916.^[2] The headquarters are in Oslo.^[1]

List of State Conciliators of Norway

This is a list of the State Conciliators of Norway:^[3]

1916–1920 : Jens Michael Lund
1920–1921 : Vilhelm Lie
1921–1922 : Paul Ivar Paulsen
1922–1930 : Valentin Voss
1931–1945 : Andreas Claussen
1946–1948 : Paal Berg
1948–1954 : Henrik Lundh
1954–1964 : Thoralf Evje
1965–1974 : Preben Munthe
1975–1981 : Konrad B. Knutsen
1982–1988 : Bjørn Haug
1988–2004 : Reidar Webster
2005–2009 : Svein Longva
2009–2009 : Geir Engebretsen (acting)
2009–present : Kari Gjesteby

References

^ ^a ^b "Riksmeklingsmannen" (in Norwegian). State Conciliator of Norway. http://www.riksmeklingsmannen.no/index.php?module=Pagesetter&tid=1. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Riksmeglingsmannen" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Riksmeglingsmannen. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ "Riksmeklingsmenn" (in Norwegian). State Conciliator of Norway. http://www.riksmeklingsmannen.no/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=1&pid=3. Retrieved 7 December 2010.