Gerd Benneche (1 December 1913 – 26 March 2003) was a Norwegian jurist, journalist, non-fiction writer and politician for the

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Biography

She was born

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, and is the mother of Sissel Benneche Osvold. She worked for the newspaper ''

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'' from 1959 to 1980. In 1974 she was awarded the

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. She headed the

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from 1975 to 1979. She served as a deputy representative to the

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from Oslo during the term 1958–1961. She was a member of the Norwegian

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commission, a board member of

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and the Norwegian Data Inspectorate where she served as deputy chair from 1986 to 1990.

References

1913 births 2003 deaths Journalists from Bergen Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian women non-fiction writers Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Oslo Deputy members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian journalists {{Norway-writer-stub