Sissel Marie Rønbeck became engaged in politics when she was in her teens. She worked for the youth organisation of the Labour Party in 1970-1972 and was chairman of the organisation in 1975-1977. Later she held different leading positions within the Labour Party. She was a member of the Storting in 1981-1993; a cabinet minister in 1979-1981, 1986-1989 and in 1996-1997. When she left the Storting in 1993, she became deputy director of the Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren). Sissel Rønbeck has been a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 1994.


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