Elsa Skjerven

Elsa Rigmor Skjerven (1968)

Elsa Rigmor Skjerven (birth name: Elsa Rigmor Debes Ruud ; born December 11, 1919 in Oslo ; † October 29, 2005 ) was a Norwegian politician of the Kristelig Folkeparti (KrF), who served in the government of Prime Minister Per Borten between 1965 and 1971 Family and consumer affairs was.

Life

Teacher and local politician

Elsa Rigmor Skjerven, daughter of master watchmaker Hans Ruud and his wife Harriet Antonie Debes, began after attending the municipal housekeeping school in Oslo in 1939 and the preparatory examination in 1940 at the state sport and in 1941 studying at the public teaching school in Elverum , which he graduated in 1943. She then worked as an assistant teacher at the elementary school in Trondheim between 1943 and 1946 , before she was a part-time teacher at the Public Teachers' School in Levanger between 1949 and 1952 and at the same time a part-time teacher at the Innherred Nursing School from 1950 to 1952 . She then worked from 1952 to 1972 as a teacher at the Realschule and Gymnasium in Strinda and during this time, between 1955 and 1970, she undertook numerous study trips to Europe. Elsa Skjerven, who was married to a priest, she was also involved from 1954 to 1956 as the chairwoman of the Priest Women Association of Trondheim and from 1956 to 1960 as the chairwoman of the Priest Women Association of the Diocese of Nidaros .

In addition to her work as a teacher, Elsa Rigmor Skjerven began her political career in local politics in the late 1950s and was a member of the Trondheim City Council as a representative of the Kristelig Folkeparti between 1959 and 1971. In addition, she was chairman of the women's association of the Christian People's Party in Trondheim between 1960 and 1966 and chairman of the women's association of her party in Fylke Sør-Trøndelag between 1962 and 1968 .

Vice-Member of the Storting and Minister

In the election of September 13, 1965 , she was elected as a candidate for Kristelig Folkeparti for Fylke Sør-Trøndelag as a vice-member of Storting and held this position until the election on September 10, 1973 .

On October 12, 1965, Elsa Rigmor Skjerven was appointed Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs (Minister for Familie- og Forbrukersaker) by Prime Minister Per Borten and held this ministerial office until the end of Borten's term on March 17, 1971.

After leaving the government, she was a member of the Trondheim City Council between 1971 and 1983 and during that time she was Vice-President of the Klæbu Nursing Home from 1972 to 1975 . At the same time, she was chairwoman of the women's organization of Kristelig Folkeparti from 1974 to 1976, of which she had been a member since 1962. From 1976 to 1983 she was chairwoman of the KrF parliamentary group in the Trondheim city council and from 1976 to 1979 she was also the chairwoman of the Hallsetheim, which emerged from the Klæbu nursing home, and at the same time chaired the committee for church, culture and leisure and between 1980 and 1983 also as Chair of the Education Committee of Trondheim City Council.

Elsa Rigmor Skjerven, who was an honorary member of Kristelig Folkeparti, was also a member of the Provincial Parliament ( Fylkesting ) of Sør-Trøndelag from 1979 to 1982 and was awarded the Norwegian Central Association of Local Authorities in 1983 for her long-term commitment to local politics . Most recently, from 1988 to 1996, she was vice-chairwoman of the church family counseling service for the municipalities of Asker and Bærum .

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the Storting
• Biography in the store norske leksikon