What is Hege Skjeie?
[[File:Hege Skjeie.JPG|thumb|Hege Skjeie, 2012.]] '''Hege Skjeie''' (15 May 1955 – 5 October 2018) was a Norwegian [[political science|political scientist]] and [[feminist]]. She was Professor of Political Science at the [[University of Oslo]]. She was Norway's first female Professor of Political Science.<ref>Gro Lien Garbo, [http://www.apollon.uio.no/vis/art/2001/1/portrett Hege Skjeie: Maktutreder med innlevelse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217190505/http://www.apollon.uio.no/vis/art/2001/1/portrett |date=2007-02-17 }}, [[University of Oslo|Apollon]] 1. jan. 2001</ref> In 2010, she was appointed chairperson of the [[Equality Commission]] by the [[Government of Norway]] to report on Norway’s [[Equal opportunity|equality policies]].<ref>[http://kilden.forskningsradet.no/c79332/artikkel/vis.html?tid=79846&strukt_tid=79332 Equality Commission summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430145059/http://kilden.forskningsradet.no/c79332/artikkel/vis.html?tid=79846&strukt_tid=79332 |date=2013-04-30 }}, [[Research Council of Norway|Kilden. Information Centre for Gender Research in Norway]]</ref><ref>[http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/02/12/nyheter/likestilling/politikk/audun_lysbakken/10358476/ Hege Skjeie skal utrede for Lysbakken], [[Dagbladet]] 12.02.2010</ref><ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/Foreslr-eget-likestillingsdirektorat-6698549.html Foreslår eget likestillingsdirektorat], [[Aftenposten]]</ref> She was a columnist for the newspaper [[Dagens Næringsliv]]. Skjeie died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in [[Oslo]] on 5 October 2018 at the age of 63.<ref>[https://frifagbevegelse.no/folk/en-bauta-i-norsk-likestillingspolitikk-er-dod--hege-skjeie-63-etterlater-dype-spor-6.158.583708.134494adc5 En bauta i norsk likestillingspolitikk er død: – Hege Skjeie (63) etterlater dype spor] {{in lang|no}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.sv.uio.no/isv/personer/vit/hegesk/index.html Hege Skjeie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015746