Åslaug Grinde (2 April 1931 – 2 July 2019) was a Norwegian nurse,

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

and politician for the Liberal Party. Hailing from

Bodø Bodø (; smj, Bådåddjo, sv, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø (which is also the capital of Nordland count ...

, she was a nurse and later rector of the National School of Psychiatric Nursing. It was merged into Nordland Nurse College in 1987 which in turn was merged into

Bodø University College The University of Nordland, (Abbreviation: UIN; no, Universitetet i Nordland) previously Bodø University College, was a public university located in Bodø, Norway. In January 2016, the university was merged with Nesna University College and Nor ...

in 1994. She served as a deputy representative to the

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from

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

during the term 1969–1973. In total she met during 22 days of parliamentary session. For the

1973 Norwegian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 9 and 10 September 1973. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 62 of the 155 seats in the Stortin ...

she was second on the Liberal Party ballot, behind

Johan Kleppe Johan Kleppe (29 September 1928 – 17 May 2022) was a Norwegian veterinarian and politician for the Liberal Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1969, but was not re-elected in 1973. He had previously served in the ...

, but the Liberal Party lost their seat. She was also leader of Nordland Liberal Party.

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1931 births 2019 deaths Politicians from Bodø Deputy members of the Storting Nordland politicians Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Women members of the Storting Rectors of universities and colleges in Norway {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub