Magnhild Hagelia (6 May 1904 – 4 July 1996) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Biography

Hagelia was born at

Gjerstad Gjerstad is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional region of Sørlandet, in the southeastern part of the county, along the border with Telemark county. The administrative centre of the municipality is the villa ...

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The ...

, Norway. She was the eldest of eight children born to Peder Jakobsen Hagelia (1874–1941) and Karen Tomine Pedersdatter Gryting (1881–1956). She was a student at Otto Treider's school in

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in 1933–34. She was trained in accounting and served for six years as business manager in Gjerstad supply council and then municipal councilor in Gjerstad 1945–47. She was added to the County Audit Office in Aust-Agder from 1948 until she retired in 1969. Hagelia held positions in local politics in the municipalities

Fjære Fjære is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1846 until 1971. It was located to the north of the town of Grimstad. The name is still used to refer to that area, which is now a part of Gr ...

(1947–51),

Øyestad Øyestad is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1992 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of Arendal which is now located in Agder county. At the time of its di ...

(1956–59) and

Grimstad Grimstad () is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Grimstad. Some of the villages in Grimstad include Eide, Espenes, Fevik, ...

(1971). She was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years base ...

from

in 1950, and was re-elected on three occasions. She had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the period 1945–1949.

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* 1904 births 1996 deaths People from Aust-Agder Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Women members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub