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Aase Bjerkholt

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Aase Bjerkholt
Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs
In office
25 September 1963 – 12 October 1965
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Preceded byKaren Grønn-Hagen
Succeeded byElsa Skjerven
In office
1 August 1955 – 28 August 1963
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKaren Grønn-Hagen
Personal details
Born
Aase Ingerid Nathalie Bjerkholt

16 January 1915
Oslo, Norway
Died17 August 2012(2012-08-17) (aged 97)
Oslo, Norway
Political partyLabour

Aase Ingerid Nathalie Bjerkholt (16 January 1915 – 17 August 2012) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Oslo.

She was consultative councillor of state for family and consumer affairs during the third cabinet Gerhardsen in 1955–1956, and became the first Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs in 1956. She held the post until 1965, except for one month in 1963 during the cabinet Lyng. From January to February 1963 she was also caretaking Minister of Social Affairs.

She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1958, and was re-elected on three occasions. On the local level she was a member of Oslo city council from 1945 to 1947.

References

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  • "Aase Bjerkholt" (in Norwegian). Storting.
Political offices
Preceded by
position created
Norwegian Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs
1956–1963
Succeeded by
Preceded by Norwegian Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs
1963–1965
Succeeded by