Elise Hambro (27 August 1881 – 30 August 1966) was a Norwegian educator. She is known for being the first female school principal in Norway, appointed head of Ulrike Pihl Girls School in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

from 1926. She was born in Bergen; the daughter of educator

Edvard Isak Hambro Edvard Isak Hambro (22 August 1911 – 1 February 1977) was a Norway, Norwegian legal scholar, diplomat and politician for the Conservative Party (Norway), Conservative Party. He was the 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly ...

and Nicoline Hambro, and was the sister of politician C. J. Hambro, president of the

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1881 births 1966 deaths Schoolteachers from Bergen Heads of schools in Norway Norwegian people of Danish-Jewish descent Place of birth missing {{Norway-bio-stub