Marit Rotnes (born 6 April 1928) is a Norwegian politician for the

Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party ( nb, Arbeiderpartiet; nn, Arbeidarpartiet; A/Ap; se, Bargiidbellodat), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party ( no, Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA), is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centr ...

. She was born in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

and was educated first as secretary and then as social worker, and was a member of the

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from 1981 to 1993, representing

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...

Early and personal life

Rotnes was born in

on 6 April 1928, a daughter of Erling Gulbrandsen and Harriet Glende. She graduated as secretary in 1948, and worked as stenographer from 1948 to 1952, and then as office assistant in

Lillestrøm Lillestrøm is a municipality in Viken county. It is located in the traditional district of Romerike. With a population of 85,757 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated municipality in Viken. It was founded on 1 January 2020 as a merger be ...

from 1952 to 1956. She graduated in

social work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social work ...

from Norges Kommunal- og Sosialhøyskole in 1958, and from 1962 to 1967 she was appointed as social worker in

Skedsmo Skedsmo was a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality was the town of Lillestrøm. About one third of the municipal population lived in Lillestrøm. ...

and in

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...

. After a period as a farmer's wife, she was again social worker, in

Fosen Fosen is a traditional district in Trøndelag, consisting of the municipalities Osen, Roan Åfjord, Ørland, Indre Fosen, Orkland, Heim, Hitra and Frøya. The district is dominated by forested valleys, lakes, coastal cliffs but also shallow ar ...

and

Åfjord Åfjord is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Å, Åfjord, Årne ...

. In 1977, she was appointed director of social affairs in Åfjord.

Political career

Rotnes was a member of the municipal council of

from 1975 to 1979, and from 1979 to 1981. She was elected to the

for three periods. During the first period, from 1981 to 1985, she was a member of ''Kommunal- og miljøvernkomiteen''. From 1984 she was also a delegate to the

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. During her second period, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs from 23 October 1985 to 15 May 1986, and of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs from 15 May 1986 to 30 September 1989. During her third period at the Storting, from 1989 to 1993, ahe was a member of ''Forbruker- og administrasjonskomiteen''. She was a member of the parliament's delegation to the

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from 1990 to 1993, having been a deputy member from 1981 to 1990.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rotnes, Marit 1928 births Living people Politicians from Oslo Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Sør-Trøndelag politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians