Exhibit (n)

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the use in the Statement of Additional Information
constituting part of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the registration
statement on Form N-6 (the "Registration Statement") of our report dated January
24, 2005, relating to the financial statements of The Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Company, and of our report dated February 3, 2005, relating to the
financial statements of Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account, which appear
in such Statement of Additional Information, and to the incorporation by
reference of such reports into the Prospectus which constitutes part of this
Registration Statement. We also consent to the references to us under the
headings "Experts" and "Financial Statements of the Account" in such Statement
of Additional Information.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
February 25, 2005