Karen Grønn-Hagen (27 November 1903 – 19 December 1982) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She was born in

Tynset Municipality Tynset is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tynset (town), ...

. She was elected to the

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from

Hedmark Hedmark () was a Counties of Norway, county in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmar ...

in 1961. From August to September 1963 she served as the Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs during the short-lived centre-right

cabinet Lyng The Lyng Cabinet governed Norway between 28 August 1963 and 25 September 1963. It was the first in 28 years not to be led by the Norwegian Labour Party. It was a centre-right coalition government of the Conservative Party, Centre Party, Chris ...

. During her stint as cabinet member her place in the Parliament was taken by Karstein Seland. Grønn-Hagen had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1954–1957, but a year into this term she replaced the deceased Einar Frogner as a regular representative. Grønn-Hagen was a member of the

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for

from 1951 to 1959, and became deputy mayor in 1959–1960.

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* 1903 births 1982 deaths People from Tynset Centre Party (Norway) politicians Hedmark politicians Ministers of children, equality and social inclusion of Norway Women members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Women government ministers of Norway Members of the Storting 1961–1965 Members of the Storting 1954–1957 {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub