In 1941, she was expelled from
Oslo Cathedral School because of anti-
NS behaviour. She enrolled as a student in 1945 and graduated as
cand.jur. in 1949. After graduation, she started working as a secretary in the
Ministry of Justice and the Police, but then worked as an attorney from 1950 to 1955. She then returned to the Ministry of Justice, being promoted to assisting secretary in 1962. On the local political level, Selmer had been a member of
Oslo city council during the term 1951–1955. She left the Minister of Justice position on 3 October 1970, when replaced by
Egil Endresen. She then served as a
Supreme Court Justice from 1971 to 1990, having been appointed in 1970. Schweigaard Selmer was a member of many boards and councils. She was vice president of the Norse Federation from 1975 to 1978, and a long-time board member. She also sat on the boards of
Oslo City Museum, the
Norwegian Museum of Cultural History and
Norway's Resistance Museum. A
Riksmål proponent, she was a member of the
Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature. She was proclaimed Commander of the
Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1980, and has the
Defence Medal 1940 – 1945. ==References==