Bergfrid Fjose (31 March 1915 – 13 May 2004) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

politician for the

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. She was born in

Ullensvang Ullensvang is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre is the town of Odda. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Lofthus, Utne, Vikebygd ...

as the daughter of priest and politician Jon Mannsåker; her brother was the historian

Dagfinn Mannsåker Dagfinn Mannsåker (30 June 1916 – 16 July 1994) was a Norwegian archivist and historian. He was born at Ullensvang in Hordaland, Norway. He was the brother of Bergfrid Fjose. He took the dr.philos. degree in 1955, on the thesis ''Det norske p ...

. She enrolled as a student in 1935, took the teacher's examination in 1938 and worked as a teacher at

Valdres folk high school Valdres () is a traditional district in central, southern Norway, situated between the districts of Gudbrandsdalen and Hallingdal. The region of Valdres consists of the six municipalities of Nord-Aurdal, Sør-Aurdal, Øystre Slidre, Vestre Slidre ...

from 1938 to 1943. From 1943 to 1945 she was a refugee in

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due to the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...

. From 1947 to 1949 she worked in

Kvam Kvam is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located along the Hardangerfjorden in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Norheimsund. Other larger settle ...

. She was elected to the

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there, serving from 1951 to 1952. She then worked in

Voss Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Opphe ...

from 1952 to 1957, and in

Årdal Årdal is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Årdalsfjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Årdalstangen is the administrative center of the municipality. The other main village is Ø ...

from 1959 to 1967. She was member of Årdal municipal council from 1959 to 1963 and

Fana Fana is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough makes up the southeastern part of the municipality of Bergen. The borough was once part of the historic municipality of Fana which was incorporated into Bergen in ...

municipal council from 1967 to 1971. From 1968 to 1969 she chaired the local party chapter. She was elected to the

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from

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

in 1969, and was re-elected on one occasion. During this period she was the leader of the informal parliamentary

temperance Temperance may refer to: Moderation *Temperance movement, movement to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed *Temperance (virtue), habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion Culture *Temperance (group), Canadian danc ...

and

nynorsk Nynorsk () () is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language ( no, Landsmål) parallel to the Dano-Nor ...

groups. From 1972 to 1973 she was the Minister of Social Affairs, as a part of the

cabinet Korvald Korvald's Cabinet governed Norway between 18 October 1972 and 16 October 1973. The centre cabinet was led by Lars Korvald as Prime Minister and consisted of the Christian Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the Liberal Party The Liberal Part ...

. During her time in cabinet she was replaced in the Norwegian Parliament by Gunnar Mjånes and, briefly, Magne Haldorsen. During her period in office, she was responsible for the

Vinmonopolet Vinmonopolet ( en, The Wine Monopoly), symbolized by Ⓥ and Colloquialism, colloquially shortened to Polet, is a government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer and the Alcohol monopoly, only company allowed to sell beverages containing an Alcohol b ...

. During this time, the wine monopoly introduced unmarked gray plastic bags for the sake of anonymity; these were teasingly nicknamed "''fjose-pose''" ("Fjose bags"). Fjose had been a member of the board of Vinmonopolet from 1964 to 1978. She was also active in

Noregs Mållag Noregs Mållag (literally "Language Organisation of Norway") is the main organisation for Norwegian Nynorsk (New Norwegian), one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language. In the Norwegian language conflict, it advocates the u ...

, Aksjonen mot Atomvåpen and other organizations, and from 1989 to 1991 she was a member of the National Council for Senior Citizens.

References

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