Ingse Stabel

Who is Ingse Stabel?

Inger-Else "Ingse" Stabel is a Norwegian judge.

She was born in Oslo as a daughter of Supreme Court Justice Carl Ludovico Stabel and Karen Andrea Elisabeth Eide. She is a niece of Fredrik Stabel. She family moved from Tøyen to Bygdøy when Stabel was 8 years old, and she finished her secondary education at Oslo Cathedral School in 1965. In 1971 she graduated with the cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo. Between March 1970 and 1985 she was married to Jo Piene; she is now married to Knut Brofoss, a son of Erik Brofoss.

She started working in the Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1971. She was promoted gradually to assistant secretary in 1978, and from 1983 to 1986 she was a legal adviser. She was an acting presiding judge in Eidsivating Court of Appeal for a brief period in 1986, before working in the Office of the Attorney General of Norway from 1986 to 1988. She was also a member of the National Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics from 1981 to 1993.

In 1988 she left this position to become Norwegian Gender Equality Ombud. She served one six-year term. She made a mark by supporting gender quotas.