Marit Johanne Aarum (1903–1956) was a Norwegian economist, liberal politician, civil servant and feminist.

Aarum was born on 22 April 1903.[1] She studied at Royal Frederick University and received a cand.oecon. degree in 1926.

Career

Aarum was an inspector at the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority and served as a representative of the Norwegian government to the international Labour conference in 1948. She worked as an International Labour Organization expert in Pakistan for six months from 1952 to 1953.[2][3]

Aarum became the vice president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1952. When the organisation's president, Ingerid Gjøstein Resi, died in a plane crash in August 1955, Aarum took over as President. She remained president until her death in 1956.[3]

During her political career, she was President of the Oslo branch of the Liberal Party and a member of the City Council of Oslo. She was a deputy member of the Norwegian Parliament representing Oslo for the Liberal Party from 1954 until her death.[1]

Publications

  • Midlertidig lov om Arbeidsvilkår for hushjelp av 3. desember 1949 : med kommentarer samt en del om Ferieloven og Syketrygdloven, 1949

References

  1. ^ a b "Biografi: Aarum, Marit Johanne". Stortinget (in Norwegian). 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  2. ^ Elisabeth Lønnå: Stolthet og kvinnekamp: Norsk kvinnesaksforenings historie fra 1913, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1996, ISBN 8205244952
  3. ^ a b "Marit Aarum". Norsk Kvinnesaksforening (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marit_Aarum
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