Ragna Hørbye, née Heyerdahl (15 September 1861 – 8 December 1950) was a Norwegian politician for the

Liberal Left Party The Free-minded Liberal Party () was a political party in Norway founded in 1909 by the conservative-liberal faction of the Liberal Party. The party cooperated closely with the Conservative Party and participated in several short-lived governme ...

. She was born in Furnes, Norway, Furnes as a daughter of Harald Heyerdahl (1824–1886) and Marie Lithander. She took education, and studied languages abroad. In 1889 she married ophthalmologist Ludvig Hørbye (1856–1925). Her daughter Ragna Heyerdahl Hørbye married Colonel Gudbrand Østbye. She was a member of Oslo city council for three terms, from 1920 to 1928. She was a central board member of the Liberal Left Party from 1918 to 1929. She was a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from 1925 to 1930. In 1924 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1924 she was elected as the third deputy on the Liberal Left/Conservative joint ballot, and fourth deputy in 1927 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1927. In 1930 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1930 her party did not field a joint ballot, but its own ballot, and Hørbye was the second candidate behind Anton Wilhelm Brøgger. Neither were elected. She also issued two short story collections, ''Novelletter'' (1885) and ''Nye novelletter'' (1894). She died in December 1950 and was buried in Vår Frelsers gravlund.

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