From 1995 to 1998 she was Norway 's Governor of Svalbard , again being the first woman to hold the position . She had to cope with several accidents , including the consuming of her headquarters by fire , the 1996 Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 disaster and the Barentsburg mining disaster of 1997 . In 1998 , at the expiration of her pre-designated period , she was appointed as the new County Governor of Vest-Agder . In 2006 she was decorated as a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for her work
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801
Ann-Kristin Olsen