Hanna Kvanmo
Hanna Kvanmo | |
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Member of the Socialist Left Party | |
In office 1977–1989 | |
Succeeded by | Kjellbjørg Lunde |
Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee | |
In office 1991–2002 | |
Vice chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee | |
In office 1993–1998 | |
Preceded by | Gidske Anderson |
Succeeded by | Gunnar Berge |
Personal details | |
Born | Hanna Kristine Hansen June 14, 1926 Socialist Left Party |
Profession | Teacher |
Hanna Kristine Kvanmo (June 14, 1926 – June 23, 2005) was a Norwegian politician for the
By profession, she was a teacher.
Early life
Hanna Kvanmo grew up in a working-class family in the Norwegian town Harstad. Her father was a fisherman and her mother was a factory worker. Her parents were divorced, and she was brought up mostly by her mother.[1]
As an 18-year-old (in 1944), Kvanmo joined the
Career
After several years as a
Kvanmo joined local politics in Rana, and in 1973 she was elected to the
Her activities during the war were often questioned later in her political career in the Socialist Left Party. She described her perspective and her reasons for joining the German war effort in a book in 1990. The book sold approximately 83,000 copies in Norway, and was considered a best-seller.
Kvanmo was an opponent of the EU. After her retiring from parliament she moved with her husband to southern Norway and the town of Arendal.
Views
She was highly critical of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin for their efforts of negotiating Israeli–Egyptian peace in the late 1970s.[3] The Socialist Left Party, with Hanna Kvanmo as its leader, was the only party in the Norwegian Parliament that advocated recognizing the Palestine Liberation Organization in the 1980s.[4] She later wished to withdraw the Peace Prize awarded to Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.[5]
Books
- Derfor (1985)
- Glis (1986)
- Dommen (1990)
- Anders Langes saga (1993, with A. Rygnestad).
References
- ^ Hans Fredrik Dahl (2008-07-21). "Dommen over Hanna - Litteratur". Dagbladet.no. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
- ^ "Hanna Kvanmo – Norsk biografisk leksikon". Snl.no. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
- ^ "Norge burde gått mot anti-Israel-resolusjon" (in Norwegian). 29 November 1977. p. 5. Retrieved 11 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Uendret norsk syn på PLO" (in Norwegian). 11 June 1980. p. 40. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ "Angrer på fredspris tfl Peres" (in Norwegian). 5 April 2002. p. 27. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
External links
- Aftenposten news article on her death, in English