Brit Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl (born 1 September 1943) is a

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politician for the Labour Party, former County Governor of

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. She was Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1986 to 1988 and

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from 1988 to 1989. From 11 October 1993 to 30 September 2001, she was the first female

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, and she has been County Governor of Buskerud since 1999.

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