Ragna Hørbye, née Heyerdahl (15 September 1861 – 8 December 1950) was a Norwegian politician for the

Liberal Left Party The Free-minded Liberal Party () was a political party in Norway founded in 1909 by the conservative-liberal faction of the Liberal Party. The party cooperated closely with the Conservative Party and participated in several short-lived governme ...

. She was born in Furnes as a daughter of Harald Heyerdahl (1824–1886) and Marie Lithander. She took education, and studied languages abroad. In 1889 she married ophthalmologist Ludvig Hørbye (1856–1925). Her daughter Ragna Heyerdahl Hørbye married Colonel

Gudbrand Østbye Gudbrand Østbye (2 October 1885 – 2 June 1972) was a Norwegian army officer and historian. He was born in Gjøvik, a son of factory owner Anders Østbye and Ellen Anna Hovdenak. He was married to Ragna Heyerdahl Hørbye, and thus son-in-la ...

. She was a member of

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city council for three terms, from 1920 to 1928. She was a central board member of the Liberal Left Party from 1918 to 1929. She was a deputy representative to the

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from 1925 to 1930. In

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she was elected as the third deputy on the Liberal Left/Conservative joint ballot, and fourth deputy in

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. In

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her party did not field a joint ballot, but its own ballot, and Hørbye was the second candidate behind

Anton Wilhelm Brøgger Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (11 October 1884 – 29 August 1951) was a Norwegian archaeologist and politician. Personal life He was born in Stockholm as a son of professor of geology Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (1851–1940) and Antonie Scheel Si ...

. Neither were elected. She also issued two short story collections, ''Novelletter'' (1885) and ''Nye novelletter'' (1894). She died in December 1950 and was buried in

Vår Frelsers gravlund The Cemetery of Our Saviour () is a cemetery in Oslo, Norway, located north of Hammersborg in Gamle Aker district. It is located adjacent to the older Old Aker Cemetery and was created in 1808 as a result of the great famine and cholera epidemi ...

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1861 births 1950 deaths Deputy members of the Storting Free-minded Liberal Party politicians Politicians from Oslo Women members of the Storting Norwegian women short story writers Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour 20th-century Norwegian women politicians {{Norway-politician-1860s-stub