Exhibit 99.(j)(1)

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the references to our firm under the captions "Financial
Highlights" in the Prospectuses and "Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm" in the Statement of Additional Information and to the use and
incorporation by reference of our reports dated December 17, 2007 on the
financial statements of the RiverSource Absolute Return Currency and Income
Fund, RiverSource Emerging Markets Fund, RiverSource Emerging Markets Bond Fund,
RiverSource Global Bond Fund, RiverSource Global Equity Fund and RiverSource
Global Technology Fund of the RiverSource Global Series, Inc., included in the
Annual Reports for the year ended October 31, 2007, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 to the Registration
Statement (Form N-1A, No. 33-25824) of the RiverSource Global Series, Inc.

                                                  /s/Ernst & Young LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
December 19, 2007