Guri Rørtveit

Born in 1965^[1] and growing up in the neighbourhood of Nordnes, Bergen,^[2] Rørtveit graduated as physician from the University of Trondheim in 1991. She has a doctorate degree from the University of Bergen (UiB) from 2004, and has been a professor of family medicine at the Institute for global and public health at the UiB.^[3] She was appointed director general at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health from 2024, for a period of six years, succeeding Camilla Stoltenberg.^[4]

In an interview in the magazine Kapital in 2024, she expressed her views on various issues. She pointed at the primary care sector as being essential for a well functioning health system, and the importance of preventive healthcare or prophylaxis. Talking about global health threats, she mentioned the effects of climate change on human health, and antimicrobial resistance.^[2]