Øyvor Hansson, née Styren (3 March 1893 – 1975) was a Norwegian politician for

Nasjonal Samling Nasjonal Samling (, NS; ) was a Norwegian far-right political party active from 1933 to 1945. It was the only legal party of Norway from 1942 to 1945. It was founded by former minister of defence Vidkun Quisling and a group of supporters such ...

. She co-founded the Nasjonal Samling's Women's Organisation. She started out as secretary under Marie Irgens before serving as leader from 1935 to 1941, when succeeded by Olga Bjoner. She was highly supportive of

Vidkun Quisling Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (, ; 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who nominally list of heads of government of Norway, headed the government of Norway during t ...

during the party's in-fighting in the 1930s, and for the 1936 Norwegian parliamentary election she was placed third on the party ballot in Oslo headed by Quisling. During the remainder of the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

, from 1942 to 1945, she worked as an assistant secretary in the

Ministry of Social Affairs A Ministry of Social Affairs or Department of Social Affairs is the common name for a government department found in states where the government is divided into ministries or departments. While there is some variation in the responsibilities of ...

. She died in 1975. She was a daughter of treasurer M. H. Styren (1846–1917) and Inga, née Johannessen (1866–). From 1915 she was married to General Halvor Hansson, who turned out to be a highly decorated member of the resistance to German rule and the Nasjonal Samling authorities. The couple were divorced.

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1893 births 1975 deaths Norwegian women in politics Members of Nasjonal Samling Norwegian women in World War II People convicted of treason against Norway Norwegian prisoners and detainees {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub