Gunn Olsen
Gunn Olsen (18 September 1952 – 27 December 2013) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Background
[edit]Olsen was born in Kragerø the daughter of a mechanic and a housewife. She went to commerce school in 1969 but chose not to attend a higher education institution. Instead she was an office clerk in the newspaper Telemark Arbeiderblad from 1969 to 1990.[1]
Political career
[edit]She was a member of Telemark county council from 1983 to 1999, serving as deputy county mayor from 1990 to 1995. She has chaired the county party chapter, and been a member of the Labour Party national board. In the municipal council of Kragerø she has only been a deputy member, from 1979 to 1983.[1]
She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark during the terms 1985–1989 and 1989–1993. She was elected as a full representative in 1997, and was re-elected in 2001, 2005 and 2009. She sat on a different Standing Committee during each of her four parliamentary terms.[1]
Death
[edit]Olsen did not stand for re-election in 2013 because she had been diagnosed with cancer. She died from this disease in December 2013 at Marienlyst in Kragerø.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gunn Olsen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- ^ "Gunn Olsen er død - Telemark". Nrk.no. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
- 1952 births
- 2013 deaths
- People from Kragerø
- Politicians from Telemark
- Labour Party (Norway) politicians
- Women members of the Storting
- Deaths from cancer in Norway
- 21st-century Norwegian women politicians
- 20th-century Norwegian women politicians
- Members of the Storting 2001–2005
- Members of the Storting 1997–2001
- Members of the Storting 2005–2009
- Members of the Storting 2009–2013