Inger-Marie Ytterhorn (18 September 1941 – 30 March 2021) was a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.

Political career

Ytterhorn 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 Munici ...

in 1989, but was not re-elected in 1993. She later served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1993–1997 and 1997–2001. Her husband Bjørn Erling Ytterhorn was also a member of the Norwegian Parliament. She was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the body that awards The

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, for 18 years, from 2000 to 2017.

Awards

*2003 – Fjøslykta, an honorary prize awarded by the Progress Party.

Death

Ytterhorn died on 30 March 2021, 79 years old. – "Wednesday before Easter".

References

External links

* 1941 births 2021 deaths Progress Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Women members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub