The National Association for Women's Suffrage ( no, italic=no, Landskvinnestemmerettsforeningen, LSKF), was a Norwegian association for

women suffrage Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...

, active from 1898 until 1913. It was founded by members of the

Norwegian Association for Women's Rights The Norwegian Association for Women's Rights ( no, italic=no, Norsk Kvinnesaksforening; NKF) is Norway's oldest and preeminent women's and girls' rights organization and works "to promote gender equality and all women's and girls' human rights thr ...

(NKF), and the two organizations were closely related, at times sharing the same president.

History

It was founded as by members of NKF as a national suffrage organization, in contrast to the previous suffrage organisation, Kvindestemmeretsforeningen (1885-1913), which was only a local organisation for the capital of

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

. LSKF had a somewhat more progressive program than Kvindestemmeretsforeningen. Among its founders and most active members were Gina Krog,

Fredrikke Marie Qvam Fredrikke Marie Qvam (née Gram) (31 May 184310 September 1938) was a Norwegian humanitarian leader, feminist, liberal politician and the wife of Prime Minister Ole Anton Qvam. She was the founder (1896) of the Norwegian Women's Public Health Ass ...

, Betzy Kjelsberg and Fredrikke Mørck. Both the founders of Kvindestemmeretsforeningen and Landskvinnestemmerettsforeningen were and remained members of the

(NKF), and the establishment of the suffrage organisations did not represent a split. On the contrary, LSKF and NKF had the same president,

, for several years, and the two organisations were closely aligned. NKF views LSKF as its former subsidiary, and inherited LSKF's founding membership of the

International Alliance of Women The International Alliance of Women (IAW; french: Alliance Internationale des Femmes, AIF) is an international non-governmental organization that works to promote women's rights and gender equality. It was historically the main international org ...

(IAW) in 1937. Consequently NKF also views itself as the custodian and heir to the legacy of LSKF. The LSKF was founded as a protest to the suffrage reform of 1898, when male suffrage was achieved, while women were left out. The year after, the members put forward a demand of women suffrage with 12 000 names for the parliament. In 1905, the organisation supported the dissolve of the union with Sweden. From 1906, it was a part of the

International Council of Women The International Council of Women (ICW) is a women's rights organization working across national boundaries for the common cause of advocating human rights for women. In March and April 1888, women leaders came together in Washington, D.C., wit ...

. The purpose of the organisation was met with the introduction of women suffrage in 1913.

References

* Folkvord, Magnhild. 2013. ''Fredrikke Marie Qvam : rabaldermenneske og strateg'', Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget. {{Authority control . Elections in Norway Feminist organisations in Norway Organizations established in 1898 Organizations established in 1913 1898 establishments in Norway 1913 disestablishments in Norway Voter rights and suffrage organizations

History

See also

References