Marit Greve (née Nansen, 8 November 1928 – 26 March 2021) was a Norwegian jurist, book publisher and politician for the

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Personal life

She was a daughter of Kari and

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, granddaughter of

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and

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. and a sister of

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. In 1954 she married historian and diplomat

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, and was a sister-in-law of Egil Gade Greve. They resided at

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in Bærum, incidentally in the road ''Fridtjof Nansens vei''.

Career

She took the

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degree in 1955, but spent her career in publishing houses. She was an editor in the encyclopedic department of Aschehougs Forlag, later

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. She was elected to

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in 1967 and

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in 1975. She served three terms in the county council. In 1987 she was selected as the first female chair of Bærum Conservative Party, but she only served for one year. She has also chaired

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and the Fram Committee and held board memberships in the Norwegian Maritime Museum Friends Association and Norges Forsvarsforening. She was also a member of the Norwegian Atlantic Committee and

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References

1928 births 2021 deaths Norwegian book publishers (people) Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Bærum politicians Norwegian women in politics Women book publishers (people) {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub