Berit Reiss-Andersen is a Norwegian lawyer, author and former politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. She is a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the 5-member committee that awards the Nobel

Gerd-Liv Valla is a Norwegian former trade union leader, who served as leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. She took over in 2001 and resigned in 2007 as a result of the so-called Va