Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen

Mette Margrethe Koefoed Bjørnsen (6 December 1920 – 29 March 2008) was a Danish author, conciliator and economist who was chair of the from 1988 to 1992. She worked as an education inspection at the Ministry of Trade's Supervision of the Business School in 1959 and was an associate professor of economics and statistics at the in 1964. Bjørnsen was an associate professor of economics and statistics head of department of the department of history at the Danish Teacher Training College between 1971 and 1990 and was chair of the from 1991 to 1997. She was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1986 and was upgraded to Knight First Class in 1993.

Early life Bjørnsen was born in Frederiksberg on 6 December 1920. She was the daughter of the civil engineer Hans Georg Koefoed and Frida Rigmor Harriet Heiberg Møller. Bjørnsen had two siblings and was raised in Lyngby, which is north of Copenhagen. She enrolled at as a student in 1940. During this period, Bjørnsen also at the Royal Danish Naval Academy, was an external associate professor at the University of Copenhagen and also taught economics and statistics at the Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College. She also appeared on television from 1977 to 1978 to articulate what economics is to the general public. She became one of three state's three conciliators in 1982.

For her ability to settle disputes, Bjørnsen was made chair of the in 1991 to help form internal compromises.

Personal life She was firstly married to the Palle Mogens Flemming Holstei from 1950 to their divorce in 1953. They had one child. Bjørnsen remarried to Lieutenant Colonel Bjørn Bjørnsen on 10 November 1953. There were two children of the second marriage. On 29 March 2008, she died at the Craftsmen's Association's Nursing Home in Copenhagen.