Gerd Søraa (8 April 1934 – 8 March 2018) was a Norwegian writer and politician for the Liberal People's Party. She served in the position of deputy representative to the

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for the joint list of the Centre Party, the

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and her own party during the term 1977–1981. In 1980, she became the first female party leader of the Liberal People's Party, and held this position to 1982. As a writer, she was the editor-in-chief for the newspapers ''

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''. She authored two novels and books about local history.sambok
/ref> Søraa died at age 83, on March 8, 2018, possibly from natural causes.

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* 1934 births 2018 deaths Deputy members of the Storting Sør-Trøndelag politicians Liberal People's Party (Norway, 1972) politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians Norwegian newspaper editors 20th-century Norwegian women writers Women members of the Storting Norwegian women newspaper editors 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 21st-century Norwegian women writers Norwegian novelists Norwegian non-fiction writers {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub