Annemarie Røstvik Lorentzen (23 September 1921 – 30 June 2008) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was the first female Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications, in addition to being Minister of Consumer Affairs and Administration and Norwegian

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. Lorentzen played a major role in the post-World War II reconstruction of her

Hammerfest Hammerfest (; sme, Hámmerfeasta ) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Hammerfest is the northernmost town in the world with more than 10,000 inhabitants. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hammerfe ...

after it was razed by the fleeing

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occupiers. She was elected to the

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from

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

in 1969, and was re-elected on one occasion. She had previously served as a deputy representative during the terms 1954–1957 and 1961–1965. From 1973 to 1977, Lorentzen was appointed to the

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. During this period her seat in parliament was taken by Per A. Utsi. She was Minister of Transport and Communications from 1973 to 1976 and Minister of Consumer Affairs and Administration from 1976 to 1978. She was born in

Sør-Varanger Sør-Varanger ( sme, Máttá-Várjjat, fkv, Etelä-Varenki, fi, Etelä-Varanki, russian: Сёр-Вара́нгер/Syor-Varánger) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town ...

, but worked in

as a teacher from 1947 to 1969. She was a member of

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from 1951 to 1963. From 1961 to 1965 she chaired the regional party chapter of

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. From 1961 to 1969 she was a member of the national Labour Party board. After her time as government minister, she was appointed Norwegian

. She served in this capacity from 1978 to 1985.

References

* 1921 births 2008 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Government ministers of Norway Members of the Storting Finnmark politicians Ambassadors of Norway to Iceland People from Hammerfest People from Sør-Varanger Ministers of Transport and Communications of Norway Women government ministers of Norway 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians Women members of the Storting Norwegian women ambassadors {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub