Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer
Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer | |
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Minister of Justice | |
| In office 12 October 1965 – 3 October 1970 | |
| Prime Minister | Per Borten |
| Preceded by | O. C. Gundersen |
| Succeeded by | Egil Endresen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ragnhild Elisabeth Schweigaard 18 October 1923 Knut S. Selmer |
| Occupation | Jurist, politician |
Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer (born Ragnhild Elisabeth Schweigaard, 18 October 1923 – 18 June 2009) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the
Conservative Party
.
During the Nazi occupation of Norway, Elisabeth Schweigaard worked with the Norwegian resistance movement "Hjemmefronten" against the Nazi collaborationist Quisling regime. Elisabeth was then just a teenager.
Personal life
She was born in
Knut Sejersted Selmer. Through him she was a daughter-in-law of Ernst W. Selmer.[3]
Career
In 1941, she was expelled from
Ministry of Justice and the Police, but then worked as an attorney from 1950 to 1955. She then returned to the Ministry of Justice, being promoted to assisting secretary in 1962. On the local political level, Selmer had been a member of Oslo city council during the term 1951–1955.[1]
In 1965 she was appointed
cabinet of Per Borten, the first woman to hold this position.[5] She left the Minister of Justice position on 3 October 1970, when replaced by Egil Endresen. She then served as a Supreme Court Justice from 1971 to 1990, having been appointed in 1970.[1]
Schweigaard Selmer was a member of many boards and councils. She was vice president of the Norse Federation from 1975 to 1978, and a long-time board member. She also sat on the boards of
Defence Medal 1940 – 1945.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- ^ Genealogy Archived May 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Fougner, Else Bugge. "Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ISBN 82-991713-5-0.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
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