Hanna Adolfsen (1872–1926) was a Norwegian politician who was active in the women's movement. From 1920 to 1923, she headed the

Norwegian Labour Party's Women's Federation The Norwegian Labour Party's Women's Federation () was established in Christiania in 1901 and extended to cover the whole of Norway in 1909. Initially concerned with working conditions and voting rights, its interests were extended over the years ...

(''Arbeiderpartiets kvindeforbund''), taking a more radical stand than her predecessors Gunhild Ziener and Martha Tynæs by supporting dictatorship of the proletariat and socialization in line with trends in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

Biography

Originally from

Røyken Røyken is a district and village (''bygd'') and a former municipality in Buskerud in Viken County, Norway. In 2020 Røyken was merged with the municipalities of Hurum and Asker to form the new Asker Municipality (informally called "Greater As ...

, Adolfsen first became active in the seamsters' association in Christiania where she served as both chairman and treasurer. In 1917, she became secretary of the Norwegian Tailors Association (''Norsk Skrædderforbund''), where she was appointed treasurer in 1920. In addition to becoming a board member of ''Kvinnenes kontor'' (The Women's Office) from its establishment in 1909, she served on Oslo's city council where she worked on hospitals and social care. Adolfsen was elected chair of the Labour Party's Women's Federation after a dramatic confrontation with the less radical former chairman Gunhild Ziener. Under her leadership, the Federation's membership decreased from some 4,000 to 3,000 but later began to rise again. As a result of pressure from Moscow, at the 1923 national congress, the Federation became an arm of the Labour Party itself where it was known as ''Arbeiderpartiets kvinnesekretariat'' (The Labour Party's Women's Secretariat). It was first headed by

Thina Thorleifsen Thina Nilsine Thorleifsen (1885–1959) was a Norwegian politician who was active in the women's movement. She was a prominent member of ''Den Kvinnelige Tjenerstands Forening'' (The Women's Servant Class Association) from 1910 and its chair from ...

. Hanna Adolfsen died from an illness in 1926.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adolfsen, Hanna 1872 births 1926 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian feminists Trade unionists from Oslo People from Røyken Norwegian socialist feminists 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Norwegian women trade unionists