Liv Tomter (27 August 1901 – 13 November 1978) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Born in

Nittedal Nittedal is a municipality and city in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rotnes. The parish of ''Nitedal'' was established as a ...

, she was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years base ...

from

Akershus Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral district in Norway, with Oslo as its main city and traditional capital. It is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. From the middle ages to 1919, Akershus was a fief and main county ...

in 1950, and was re-elected on three occasions. She had previously served in the position of deputy representative in the period 1945–1949, but during this whole period she met as a regular representative since

Trygve Lie Trygve Halvdan Lie ( , ; 16 July 1896 – 30 December 1968) was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in Lo ...

had been appointed to the Cabinet (1945–1946) and later became the

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(from 1946).

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* 1901 births 1978 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Women members of the Storting People from Nittedal 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub