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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000742277-97-000005
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	497
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19970512
SROS:			NONE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000742277
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		497
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	033-89188
		FILM NUMBER:		97600176

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		720 E WISCONSIN AVE
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4142711444

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		720 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
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NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
720 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI  53202
414-299-7369
May 12, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

Re:	Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account 
File No. 33-89188
EDGAR CIK:  0000742277

Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933,
please accept this letter as certification that the Prospectus
dated April 30, 1997 for the above-referenced entity, to be used
in connection with the Prospectus for Northwestern Mutual Series
Fund, Inc., also dated April 30, 1997 (file no. 2-89971 and EDGAR
CIK no. 0000742212), does not differ from that contained in Post-
Effective Amendment No. 2 (the "Amendment") to the Registration
statement on Form S-6.  This Amendment was filed electronically
on April 30, 1997.

Any comments on this filing should be directed to Merrill C.
Lundberg, Assistant General Counsel, at 414-299-7369. 

This filing is being effected by direct transmission to the
Commission's EDGAR System.

Very truly yours,


/s/Sara A. Holm
Paralegal Specialist


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