Reidar Kvaal Hjermann is a Norwegian psychologist.

The son of Ingvar Hjermann, Reidar Hjermann started working as a psychologist in 1998. In 2004 he was appointed Ombudsman for Children in Norway, succeeding fellow psychologist Trond Waage

Trond Waage

Trond Waage is a child rights expert at the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in Florence, Italy. Previously, he was for eight years Norway's Ombudsman for Children. In this role he initiated the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children and was involved in setting up ombuds offices for...

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When his four-year term ended in 2008, he applied for a second term. However, the job was given to jurist Ida Hjort Kraby

Ida Hjort Kraby

Ida Hjort Kraby is a Norwegian jurist.The daughter of Pål Kraby, Ida Hjort Kraby graduated from the University of Oslo as cand.jur. in 1988. She had worked as a research assistant there from 1986 to 1987, and was hired as a consultant in the Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1988...

. Later, it was revealed that Kraby had friendly relations with Minister of Children and Equality

Minister of Children and Equality (Norway)

The Norwegian Minister of Children and Equality is the head of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Children and Equality. Before 2006 the title was Minister of Children and Family Affairs and before 1990 Minister of Children and Consumer Affairs....

, Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen

Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen

Manuela Myriam Henri Ramin-Osmundsen is a Norwegian politician belonging to the Norwegian Labour Party. Born in the French overseas department Martinique, she was appointed as Minister of Children and Equality Affairs in the second cabinet Stoltenberg on 18 October 2007, becoming the first...

. Ramin-Osmundsen withdrew from her position, as did Kraby who never got the time to formally enter the post. The ombudsman post was again open, and Hjermann was this time found worthy of a second term.