Brit Denstad

Who is Brit Denstad?

Brit Denstad is a Norwegian civil servant.

She is a sociologist and took the dr.philos. degree in 1975. She worked as a sub-director in the Norwegian Ministry of Social Affairs from 1977 to 1981 before working many years as a research director. She was the director of Institutt for anvendt sosialvitenskapelig forskning from 1981 to 1987 and Norges råd for anvendt samfunnsforskning from 1987 to 1992. She was then a sub-director in the Research Council of Norway from 1993 to 1994 and director of research and development at Oslo University College from 1994 to 1995. On 1 February 1996 she succeeded Knut Grøholt as the permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Government Administration. She continued until 2001, and then became a special adviser in the same ministry.