Consultative Minister of the Ministry of Social Affairs
In office 25 June 1945 – 5 November 1945
Prime Minister
Einar Gerhardsen
Minister
Sven Oftedal
Succeeded by
Aaslaug Aasland
Personal details
Born
(1903-01-05)5 January 1903 Lyngen, Troms, Norway
Died
17 November 1974(1974-11-17) (aged 71) Oslo, Norway
Political party
Communist Party of Norway
Spouse
Viggo Hansteen (1900-1941)
Alma mater
University of Oslo
Profession
writer, editor, librarian
Kirsten Hansteen (5 January 1903 – 17 November 1974) was a Norwegian editor and librarian. She was appointed Minister of Social Affairs with Gerhardsen's First Cabinet in 1945 and was the first female member of cabinet in Norway.[1]
^Terje Halvorsen. "Kirsten Hansteen". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
KirstenHansteen (5 January 1903 – 17 November 1974) was a Norwegian editor and librarian. She was appointed Minister of Social Affairs with Gerhardsen's...
Harald Viggo Hansteen (13 September 1900 – 10 September 1941) was a Norwegian lawyer. He was executed during the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....
war, two communists were included: Johan Strand Johansen and KirstenHansteen. Hansteen was the first female minister in Norwegian history. The party...
Social Affairs. She was the first female head of a government ministry (KirstenHansteen had preceded Aasland as minister in 1945, but as consultative minister)...
Time in English) together with KirstenHansteen, the first Norwegian female member of cabinet. Bie Lorentzen and Hansteen served as joint editors-in-chief...
later editor, Minister of Social Affairs, and member of Parliament KirstenHansteen, from 1928, and from 1930 he was married to Astri Høst. While he was...
Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet KirstenHansteen Communist 25 June 1945 5 November 1945 133 days Gerhardsen I Aaslaug Aasland Labour...
Kvinnen og Tiden was started in 1945 with Henriette Bie Lorentzen and KirstenHansteen as publishers, editors-in-chief and owners. Originally, the magazine...
became the first Norwegian to make gramophone records 5 January – KirstenHansteen, politician and Minister, first female member of cabinet in Norway...
Mayor – Aasa Helgesen (in Utsira) – 1926 Minister of Social Affairs – KirstenHansteen – 1945 Minister of Justice – Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer – 1965 State...
Hambro, journalist, author and politician Aasta Hansteen, painter and early feminist Viggo Hansteen, lawyer Knut Haukelid, World War II commando Henrik...
Hansen, military officer, Milorg pioneer and businessman (born 1890). KirstenHansteen, politician and Minister, first female member of cabinet in Norway...
physicists Ægidius Elling, Ivar Giaever, Carl Anton Bjerknes, Christopher Hansteen, William Zachariasen and Kristian Birkeland, the neuroscientists May-Britt...
Cecilie Dahl Hans Dahl Halfdan Egedius Herbjørn Gausta Andrea Gram Nils Hansteen Lars Jonson Haukaness Ragnvald Hjerlow Kristen Holbø Morten Müller Gerhard...
Frøyshov, textile artist Rolf Groven, painter Hans Gude, painter Aasta Hansteen, painter Lars Hertervig, painter Thorolf Holmboe, painter Olaf Isaachsen...
September 1941, Viggo Hansteen and Rolf Wickstrøm were executed and many more imprisoned following the milk strike in Oslo. Hansteen's execution was later...
Retrieved 3 December 2010. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Christopher Hansteen – norsk jurist og dommer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo:...
Hancock Michael Haneke Tom Hanks William Hanna Ken Hannam Curtis Hanson Geir Hansteen Jörgensen Alex Hardcastle Neasa Hardiman Catherine Hardwicke Sam Hargrave...
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