Esther Marie Kostøl (11 December 1936 – 10 July 2023) was a Norwegian

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...

leader. She worked for the Norwegian Civil Servants' Association in 1977, and for the Civil Servants' Cartel from 1978 to 1985. She was secretary for the

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions ( no, Landsorganisasjonen i Norge, LO) is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national union ...

from 1985 to 1989 and deputy chair from 1989 to 1997. In 1997, she sat in the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Kostøl died on 10 July 2023, at the age of 86.

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