Beate Gangås
Beate Gangås (born 24 April 1963) is a Norwegian police officer and civil servant. In 2019, she was appointed Oslo Chief of Police.
Beate Gangås | |
|---|---|
 Gangås in 2008 | |
| Chief of Police of Oslo | |
| Assumed office 12 August 2019 | |
| Deputy | Bjørn Vandvik |
| Preceded by | Hans Sverre Sjøvold |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 April 1963 Asker, Norway |
| Occupation | Police officer Civil servant |
She was born in Asker.[1] She graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in 1991. She worked for the Norwegian Directorate for Health from 1991 to 1992, served as a police prosecutor in Vest-Finnmark in 1992 before being hired in the Oslo police. From 2001 to 2006 she worked in the National Police Directorate. In 2006 she was appointed as the Norwegian Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud,[2] a merger between the Centre for Equality, the Equality Ombud and the Centre Against Ethnic Discrimination.[3] She became the chief of police in Østfold Police District in 2010.
References
- Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Beate Gangås". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- Åmås, Knut Olav, ed. (2008). "Gangås, Beate". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 170. ISBN 978-82-03-23561-0.
- Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Likestillings- og diskrimineringsombudet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
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