Marit Svarva Henriksen (27 April 1925 – 9 June 2014) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Skogn. She attended folk high school, worked for Televerket in Skogn for 25 years before being hired by

Stjørdal Municipality Stjørdal () or is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal, also called Stjørdalshalsen. Some of the villages in the municipality ...

in 1966. She later attended the Nordic folk high school in Geneva (1960) as well as several other courses. She was elected as a local politician in Skogn, later Levanger, together with her twin sister, and was also a member of

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...

county council A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Ireland The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irela ...

. She finished her service in Levanger city council in 2003. She served as a deputy representative to the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

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during the terms 1958–1961, 1961–1965 and 1969–1973. In total she met during 10 days of parliamentary session. She also became known as head of the jury in the 1983 court case against serial killer

Arnfinn Nesset Arnfinn Nesset (born 25 October 1936) is a Norwegian former nurse and nursing home manager and a convicted serial killer. His crimes include the murders of at least 22 people, as well as attempted murder, document forgery, and embezzlement. He may ...

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1925 births 2014 deaths People from Levanger Deputy members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Nord-Trøndelag Women members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub