Kristin Krohn Devold

Kristin Krohn Devold (born 12 August 1961 in Ålesund) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1993, and was re-elected on two occasions.

From 2001 to 2005, when the second cabinet Bondevik held office, Krohn Devold was Minister of Defence. During this term her seat in parliament was taken by Hans Gjeisar Kjæstad. Krohn Devold was mentioned as a possible candidate for the position of Secretary General of NATO after George Robertson,^[1] but eventually lost out to Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.

On the local level Krohn Devold was a member of Oslo city council from 1991 to 1993.

Krohn Devold has a Master of Science Degree in Business from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, 1985. She minored in sociology at the University of Bergen in 1986. Since 2006 she is the secretary-general of the Norwegian Trekking Association. She is married and has two children.

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Preceded by Bjørn Tore Godal	Norwegian Minister of Defence 2001–2005	Succeeded by Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen

v • d • e Second Cabinet of Kjell Magne Bondevik – 19 October 2001 to 17 October 2005

Jan Petersen (H) • Erna Solberg (H) • Ingjerd Schou (H) 2001–2004 • Dagfinn Høybråten (Krf) • Lars Sponheim (V) • Per-Kristian Foss (H) • Odd Einar Dørum (V) • Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (Krf) 2005–2006 • Hilde Frafjord Johnson (Krf) seit 2006• Laila Dåvøy (Krf) • Kristin Clemet (H) • Svein Ludvigsen (H) • Ansgar Gabrielsen (H) • Torild Skogsholm (V) • Kristin Krohn Devold (H) • Børge Brende (H) • Victor D. Norman (H) 2001–2004 • Morten Andreas Meyer (H) 2004–2005 • Einar Steensnæs (Krf) • Thorhild Widvey (H) 2004–2005 • Knut Arild Hareide (Krf) 2004–2005