Guri Tambs-Lyche (20 September 1917 – 13 March 2008) was a Norwegian activist for international solidarity and

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She was born in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

as a daughter of

Ralph Tambs-Lyche Ralph Tambs Lyche (6 September 1890 – 15 January 1991) was a Norwegian mathematician. He was born in Macon, Georgia as a son of Norwegian father Hans Tambs Lyche (1859–1898) and American mother Mary Rebecca Godden (1856–1938). He moved to No ...

(1890–1991) and Else Alvilde Rasmussen (1896–1966). Her father was a mathematician and ''

Mot Dag Mot Dag (, 'Towards Day') was a Norwegian political group. The group was active from the 1920s to the early 1930s and was first affiliated with the Labour Party. After World War II, many of its former members were leaders in Norwegian politics and ...

'' affiliate, and from an early age Guri Tambs-Lyche was influenced by her father's speeches in the

Student Society in Trondheim The Student Society in Trondheim ( no, Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem, Samfundet for short) is Norway's largest student society. Besides housing a café, a restaurant, several bars and frequently hosting concerts and other activities (among t ...

. Her mother was a pioneer in maternal hygiene work. Her father later became a professor. She studied technical drawing at the

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry The National College of Art and Design ( no, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818. In 1996 the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts The Oslo National Academy of the A ...

, and joined the Workers' Youth League while studying. During 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 ...

she was a member of the

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, as was her husband Wilhelm. Her job was to distribute illegal newspapers. After the war she first joined the

Communist Party of Norway The Communist Party of Norway ( no, Norges Kommunistiske Parti, NKP) is a communist party in Norway. The NKP was formed in 1923, following a split in the Norwegian Labour Party. It was Stalinist from its establishment and, as such, supported t ...

, and wrote in ''

Friheten ''Friheten'' ( en, italic=yes, Freedom) is a Norwegian language biweekly newspaper, published by the Norwegian Communist Party (NKP). History and profile ''Friheten'' was Underground media in German-occupied Europe, founded illegally in 1941 dur ...

'', but she was excluded in the aftermath of the

Peder Furubotn Peder Furubotn (29 August 1890 – 28 November 1975) was a Norwegian cabinetmaker, politician for the Communist Party and resistance member during World War II. Early and personal life Furubotn was born in Brekke, Sogn og Fjordane, the son o ...

case. In 1948 she was a co-founder of ''Norges Demokratiske Kvinneforbund''. In 1954 the organization became a part of ''Norsk Kvinneforbund''. She was on the editorial board of their magazine ''Kvinner hjemme og ute'', later named ''Kvinner i tiden'', and was editor-in-chief for a time. She also participated on international women's congresses. After the death of her husband she lived in Sweden for seven years, then in Norway again where she rejoined the Communist Party. After the disbanding of ''Norsk Kvinneforbund'', she became a prominent member in the national branch of the

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is a non-profit non-governmental organization working "to bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determined to study and make kno ...

. She lived in

Lund Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

for the last two years of her life, and died her home in March 2008.

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