Johanna Thorén (20 January 1889 – 11 March 1969) was a Norwegian elected official and business owner.

Biography

Johanna Iversen was born in

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Viken (county), Viken Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the ...

, Norway. She was the daughter of Johan Anton Iversen (1860-1942) and Mina Andresen (1860-1946). She graduated from Telegrafistutdannelse Middelskole in 1905. After training as a telegraphist she was employed by Telegrafverket (now Telenor) until 1912 when she married Birger Alexander Thorén (1886-1923). From 1913, she worked with her husband for the mortuary service, Azora Thoréns Begravelsesbyrå, becoming the firm's sole owner when her husband died of tuberculosis in 1923. She continued to manage the firm until 1962. She served as a deputy member of Oslo City Council from 1928 to 1937. She as a member of the

Norwegian National Women's Council The Norwegian National Women's Council ( no, italic=no, Norske Kvinners Nasjonalråd) was founded on 8 January 1904 as an umbrella organization for the various Norwegian women's associations. It was established by Gina Krog whose international con ...

(''Norske Kvinners Nasjonalråd'') from 1938 to 1954 She was a Member of the Storting representing Oslo from 1945 to 1953 and headed the

Norwegian Conservative Party's Women's Association The Norwegian Conservative Party's Women's Association ( no, italic=no, Høyrekvinners Landsforbund) was founded in 1925 to represent the interests of women members of the Conservative Party (Norway), Conservative Party. In June 1994 it was dissolv ...

(''Høyrekvinners Landsforbund'') from 1945 to 1958. Johanna Thorén died during 1969 and was buried at

Vår Frelsers gravlund The Cemetery of Our Saviour ( no, Vår Frelsers gravlund) is a cemetery in Oslo, Norway, located north of Hammersborg in Gamle Aker district. It is located adjacent to the older Old Aker Cemetery and was created in 1808 as a result of the great ...

in Oslo.

References

1889 births 1969 deaths People from Fredrikstad Norwegian feminists 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Politicians from Oslo Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Women members of the Storting Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour {{norway-politician-1880s-stub