Background
She was born in Larvik, grew up in Lillestrøm and Tromsø, and moved to Oslo in 1978.
journalist lawyer politician writer
She was born in Larvik, grew up in Lillestrøm and Tromsø, and moved to Oslo in 1978.
Holt graduated with a law degree from the University of Bergen in 1986, and worked for The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (Norsk Rikskringkasting) in the period 1984 to 1988.
She then worked at the Oslo Police Department for two years, earning her right to practice as a lawyer in Norway. In 1990 she returned to Norsk Rikskringkasting, where she worked one year as a journalist and anchor woman for the news program Dagsrevyen. Anne Holt started her own law practice in 1994, and served as Minister of Justice in Cabinet Jagland for a short period from 25 November 1996 to 4 February 1997.
She resigned for health reasons, and was replaced by Gerd-Liv Valla.