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Kjellaug Pettersen
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| 26th President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights | |
| In office 1994–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Bjørg Krane Bostad |
| Succeeded by | Siri Hangeland |
| Special adviser in the Ministry of Education | |
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| Born | 5 January 1934 |
| Died | 11 November 2012 |
| Nationality | Norway |
| Occupation | government official and politician |
Kjellaug Pettersen (born 5 January 1934 at Andøya, died 11 November 2012) was a Norwegian senior government official, politician and feminist.
She worked as a teacher and headmistress of Bygdøy School from 1979 to 1988. In 1981 she was appointed by the Ministry of Education as a member of an expert committee on gender equality, and in 1991 she became director of the gender equality secretariat within the Ministry of Education. She later served as a special adviser in the Ministry of Education.
She was a co-founder of the Women's University in 1983 and was President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights from 1994 to 1998. She was a deputy member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' committee on human rights from 1994 to 1995.
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