Gerd Søraa (8 April 1934 – 8 March 2018) was a Norwegian writer and politician for the Liberal People's Party. She served in the position of deputy representative to the

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from Sør-Trøndelag for the joint list of the Centre Party, the

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, the

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and her own party during the term 1977–1981. In 1980 she became the first female party leader of the Liberal People's Party, and held this position to 1982. As a writer she was the editor-in-chief for the newspapers '' Nidaros'' and '' Trønderbladet''. She authored two novels and books about local history.sambok
/ref> Søraa died a month before her 84th birthday, on March 8, 2018, possibly from natural causes.

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1934 births 2018 deaths Deputy members of the Storting Sør-Trøndelag politicians Liberal People's Party (Norway, 1972) politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian writers Women members of the Storting Women newspaper editors 20th-century Norwegian women politicians {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub