Randi Anda (née Friestad; 29 December 1898,

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– 7 May 1999) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. She served as a deputy representative to the

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from

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during the terms 1954–57, 1958–61, 1961–65 and 1965–69. Outside politics she was known for being a

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to China. During the Second World War, she and her husband Arne worked in

Qiqihar Qiqihar () is the second-largest city in the Heilongjiang province of China, in the west central part of the province. The built-up (or metro) area made up of Longsha, Tiefeng and Jianhua districts had 959,787 inhabitants, while the total populat ...

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before they were taken prisoner by the Japanese on 8 December 1941. They were incarcerated in

's concentration camp for three and a half years until the war's end.

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