Marie Brenden (27 February 1938 – 31 July 2012) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Kvam, Nord-Trøndelag as a daughter of smallholders Arnfinn Forfang (1913–1994) and Mimmi Haave (1912–1985). She

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secondary education in 1959, and took teacher's college in 1962. She spent most of her career at the primary school Saksheim in Saksumdal near

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, where she was headmaster from 1979 to 1985. Brenden was a member of the executive committee of

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from 1975 to 1983, and of the executive committee of

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from 1983 to 1987. She was elected to the

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from

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, and was re-elected on two occasions in

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and

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. She served as a deputy representative during the term 1981–1985. She was a member of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs from 1985 to 1993, except from 1989 to 1990 when she was a member of the

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. For her last term she was a member of the

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, and was also

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and parliamentary secretary. Brenden chaired the small sports club Rinna IL from 1980 to 1982. From 1983 she worked with getting the

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to Lillehammer, and from 1988 to 1993 she was a member of the Lillehammer Olympic Organising Committee.

References

1938 births 2012 deaths Politicians from Lillehammer Oppland politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Norwegian sports executives and administrators Norwegian Lutherans Heads of schools in Norway 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Lutherans {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub