Helga Gitmark (30 September 1929 – 2 August 2008) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.

Biography

She was the

Minister of the Environment An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of the environment) is a cabinet position charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation. The areas associated with the duties of a ...

from March to October 1973 during the

cabinet Korvald Korvald's Cabinet governed Norway between 18 October 1972 and 16 October 1973. The centre cabinet was led by Lars Korvald as Prime Minister and consisted of the Christian Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the Liberal Party The Liberal Pa ...

, replacing

Trygve Haugeland Trygve Haugeland (18 March 1914 – 10 December 1998) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. Biography He was born in Lyngdal. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1958, but was not re-elected in 1961 ...

. She was also the world's first female environment minister. She lost this job when the cabinet Korvald fell. She served in the position of deputy representative to the

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from

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, ) was a county (''fylke'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . ...

during the term 1977–1981. On the local level she was member of

Lillesand Lillesand () is municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Lillesand. Some of the larger villages in Lillesand municipality include ...

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

during the terms 1971–1975 and 1991–1995. She was born in Holt. She was a member of the central committee of the Centre Party from 1969 to 1979, and was deputy party leader from 1973 to 1979. In addition she was a member of the board in several organizations within the

Church of Norway The Church of Norway (, , , ) is an Lutheranism, evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. Christianity became the state religion of Norway around 1020, and was established a ...

, including the Diocese Council of Agder, as well as other Christian organizations.

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Nrk.no 1929 births 2008 deaths Centre Party (Norway) politicians Ministers of climate and the environment of Norway Deputy members of the Storting Aust-Agder politicians Women government ministers of Norway 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians Women members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub