Kirsten Hansteen Politician
Kirsten Hansteen (1903–1974) was the Norwegian appointed Minister of Social Affairs in 1945, and the first ever female member of cabinet in Norway. She represented the Communist Party of Norway. Her husband Viggo Hansteen was executed by the German occupation forces in 1941. She edited the underground resistance paper Kvinnefronten (Women's front) during the German occupation. After the war she founded the journal Kvinnen og Tiden together with Henriette Bie Lorentzen.
Personal facts
| Birth date | January 05, 1903 |
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| Date of death | November 17, 1974 |
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