Gretha Kant (born 20 August 1945) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. She started her political career in the 1970s, and has been a member of Moss

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and Østfold

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. In 1995 she became mayor of Moss, the first female in the position and the first non-Labour mayor in 68 years. She survived the next election and served as mayor for eight years. She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from

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during the term 2001–2005. In total she met during 11 days of parliamentary session. She has chaired the Railway Forum East, which is a lobby group for railway lines east of Oslo such as the

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. She has also been county leader of the Norwegian Horticulture Society.

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1945 births Living people People from Moss, Norway Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Østfold politicians Women members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub