Marie Borge Refsum (20 March 1927 – 16 February 2023) was a Norwegian politician, who served as a member of the

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

. Refsum served as a deputy representative to the

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from

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during the term 1973–1977. On the local level, she was a member of the executive committee of

Asker Asker ( no, Asker), properly called Askerbygda in Norwegian, is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway. From 2020 it is part of the larger administrative municipality Asker, Viken (also known as Greate ...

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, having been elected in the so-called "women's coup" where four women ( Tove Billington Bye,

Berit Ås Berit Ås (born ''Skarpaas'', 10 April 1928 in Fredrikstad, Norway) is a Norwegian politician, psychologist, and feminist, who is currently Professor Emerita of social psychology at the University of Oslo. She was the first leader of the Social ...

, Marie Borge Refsum and Kari Bjerke Andreassen) led a successful campaign to get women elected to the municipal council. Refsum died on 16 February 2023, at the age of 95. Her granddaughter is the researcher

Alexander Refsum Jensenius Alexander Refsum Jensenius (born 10 November 1978) is a Norwegian researcher and musician. He is Professor of music technology and was Head of the Department of Musicology, University of Oslo during the period 2013-2016. He is currently Deputy Dir ...

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1927 births 2023 deaths Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Asker politicians Women members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub