Liv Aasen (21 September 1928 – 21 August 2005) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Aasen was born in

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. She was elected to the

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from

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in 1969, and was re-elected on four occasions, serving twenty years. On the local level she was a member of

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city council from 1955 to 1959 and of

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city council from 1959 to 1963. Outside politics she worked as a school teacher in

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and

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. Aasen was married to Per Aasen, Norway's former ambassador to Iceland.

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1928 births 2005 deaths Norwegian schoolteachers Labour Party (Norway) politicians People from Kongsberg Politicians from Trondheim Women members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Norwegian expatriates in Switzerland Members of the Storting 1985–1989 Members of the Storting 1981–1985 Members of the Storting 1977–1981 Members of the Storting 1973–1977 Members of the Storting 1969–1973 {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub