Inger Lise Gjørv (26 May 1938 – 28 March 2009) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Career

She was born in

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as the daughter of physician Sverre Strand (1906–1992) and housewife Liv Alnæs (1912–2005). She enrolled as a student in 1957, and graduated with the cand.mag. degree in 1962 from the

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. She also met her husband, Ole Andreas Gjørv, there, and they moved to Sandvollan Municipality. From 1963 to 1977 she worked as a high school teacher in

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. On the local level she was a member of the executive committee of the

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Inderøy Municipality Inderøy is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen, Trøn ...

from 1975 to 1979. She chaired the local party chapter from 1973 to 1978. She was elected to the

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from

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in 1977, and was re-elected on three occasions. During her last term, from 1989 to 1993, she was the President of the

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. She was a member of several Standing Committees during her sixteen years in Parliament. From 1989 to 1993 she was also the vice president of the

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. She was a member of the now-defunct Statens Naturvernråd from 1973 to 1990, was a member of the board of Concerts Norway from 1974 to 1977, and chaired the board from 1993 to 1998. In 1994 she became a member of the National Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics and a member of the board of the

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. From 1999 to 2005 she was a member of the NTNU Museum of Natural History and Archaeology. With her husband, Inger Lise Gjørv restored the ancient farm Gjørv Gård, from a state of virtual ruin to a historic tourist attraction, which was awarded "Olavsrosen" for good restoration practice. For a number of years, they entertained groups in the agritourism business. In 1991 she was appointed as the new County Governor of Nord-Trøndelag. She was the first woman in Norway to hold the County Governor office. She took office when leaving Parliament, and retired in 2008. Her replacement was acting County Governor Oddbjørn Nordset. Gjørv suffered from

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for twenty years, and died in March 2009 at the St. Olavs Hospital.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gjoerv, Inger Lise 1938 births 2009 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Nord-Trøndelag Women members of the Storting County governors of Norway University of Oslo alumni People from Inderøy Deaths from cancer in Norway 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Members of the Storting 1989–1993 Members of the Storting 1985–1989 Members of the Storting 1981–1985 Members of the Storting 1977–1981