Harriet Andreassen (6 May 1925 – 10 February 1997) was a Norwegian labour activist and politician for the Labour Party. Born in

Vikna Vikna is a large island archipelago and a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1869 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Nærøysund Municipality. It was part of the Namdalen region. The admini ...

, she was secretary of the union ''Norsk Arbeidsmandsforbund'' (Union of Norwegian Working Men) from 1967 to 1977, and of the

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(''LO'') from 1977 to 1985. On 3 October 1980, upon the resignation of

Inger Louise Valle Inger Louise Valle (28 November 1921 – 21 May 2006) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, particularly noted for her efforts to reform the Norwegian penal system. She is the mother of professor Jan Grund. Biography She represented ...

, she was appointed Minister of Local Government in the government of

Odvar Nordli Odvar Nordli (3 November 1927 – 9 January 2018) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was the 28th prime minister of Norway from 1976 to 1981 during the Cold War. Before serving as Prime Minister, Nordli served as the minister o ...

(1976–1981), and remained in this position throughout the short-lived first

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Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Brundtland (; born Gro Harlem, 20 April 1939) is a Norwegian politician (Arbeiderpartiet), who served three terms as the 29th prime minister of Norway (1981, 1986–89, and 1990–96) and as the director-general of the World Health Organizati ...

in 1981.

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* * 1925 births 1997 deaths Ministers of Local Government and Modernisation of Norway Labour Party (Norway) politicians People from Vikna {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub