Vesla Vetlesen
Vesla Vetlesen | |
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| Minister of International Development | |
| In office 9 May 1986 – 13 June 1988 | |
| Prime Minister | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Preceded by | Reidun Brusletten |
| Succeeded by | Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gunvor Hansen 19 October 1930 1982 Farsund, West Agder, Norway |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Leif Vetlesen (1951–2003, his death) |
Gunvor "Vesla" Vetlesen (née Hansen, born 19 October 1930) is a Norwegian weaver, trade unionist, writer and politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of International Development from 1986 to 1988.[1]
Biography
She was born in
Soviet invasion of Hungary she renounced Communism and joined the Norwegian Labour Party together with her husband.[8]
Vetlesen worked as a weaver from 1951, and left Norway to teach weaving in
Vestli from 1973 to 1977.[2]
Vetlesen was a board member of the United Nations Association of Norway from 1982 to 1984, and chaired the European Movement in Oslo from 2000 to 2001. She wrote several books. She was also interested in flowers in her later life, chairing the Norwegian Orchid Society from 1989 to 1998.[2]
References
- ^ "Gro Harlem Brundtland's Second Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ Parliament of Norway. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-82-03-29143-2.
- ^ Stahl, Knut (1962). Motstandskampen 1940-1945 (in Norwegian). Stavanger: Stabenfeldt forlag. pp. 70–72.
- ^ Børre R. Giertsen, ed. (1946). "5976. Hansen, Peder". Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 217.
- ^ Børre R. Giertsen, ed. (1946). "4306. Hansen, Johan Bernhard". Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 157.
- ISBN 82-7096-070-5.
- ^ a b c Hjeltnes, Guri. "Leif Vetlesen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
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