Aaslaug Aasland
Aaslaug Aasland (born August 11, 1890 in Sandnes , † August 30, 1962 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician ( Labor Party ).
Life
Aaslaug Aasland was the daughter of the businessman Hans Aasland (1855-1901) and Hanna Marie Nielsen (1857-1957). She was one of the first women to get into one of the highest Norwegian government offices. She studied law at the University of Oslo from 1916 and graduated in 1922. Immediately afterwards she worked briefly in Alta in what was then a very poor and poorly cultivated part of northern Norway . From 1924 to 1931 she worked as the head of social courses at the Norwegian Women's National Council, from 1931 to 1936 as an inspector for women's penal institutions and from 1936 to 1945 as a labor inspector. The socially committed lawyer learned the reasons for many tragic fates of women and set about working against the underlying causes of their difficulties. She also tried to help give women members of Norwegian society an equal position in business and politics.
During the Second World War , Aasland joined the resistance movement against the German occupation of Norway and in 1945 was briefly director of the Bredtveit women's prison in Oslo. Then in November 1945 she became a member of the second cabinet of Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen and in 1948 she succeeded the late Sven Oftedal as Minister for Social Welfare. In this role she laid the foundation for the development of the Norwegian welfare state. She was also a member of the Oslo City Council from 1945 to 1947. When Prime Minister Oscar Torp reshuffled his cabinet in October 1953, Aasland resigned her government office for health reasons; Rakel Seweriin became the new Minister of Social Affairs . Aasland, who had remained unmarried, died in Oslo in August 1962 at the age of 72.
literature
- Aaslaug Aasland , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 33/1954, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aasland, Aaslaug |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sandnes |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1962 |
| Place of death | Oslo |