Berit Reiss-Andersen

Berit Reiss-Andersen
Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 February 2017
Preceded by	Kaci Kullmann Five
Board Member of the Nobel Foundation
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
In office 1 January 2012 – 31 December 2017
President of the Norwegian Bar Association
In office 2008–2012
Preceded by	Anders Ryssdal
Succeeded by	Erik Keiserud
State Secretary for the Minister of Justice and Police
In office 7 November 1996 – 4 April 1997
Prime Minister	Thorbjørn Jagland
Minister	Anne Holt Gerd-Liv Valla
Preceded by	Ingeborg Moen Borgerud
Succeeded by	Ingunn Yssen
Personal details
Born	(1954-07-11) 11 July 1954 (age 69) Drøbak, Akershus, Norway
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Pjotr Sapegin (formerly)
Profession	Lawyer

Berit Reiss-Andersen (born 11 July 1954) is a Norwegian lawyer, author and former politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. She is chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the 5-member committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize. She is also a board member of the Nobel Foundation, which has the overall responsibility for all the five Nobel Prizes. She served as state secretary for the Minister of Justice and Police from 1996 to 1997 and as president of the Norwegian Bar Association from 2008 to 2012. She has co-authored two crime novels with former Minister of Justice Anne Holt. She is currently a partner at DLA Piper's Oslo office.