Magnhild Hagelia (6 May 1904 – 4 July 1996) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Biography

Hagelia was born at

Gjerstad Gjerstad is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional region of Sørlandet, in the southeastern part of the county, along the border with Telemark county. The administrative centre of the municipality is the vill ...

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, Norway. She was the eldest of eight children born to Peder Jakobsen Hagelia (1874–1941) and Karen Tomine Pedersdatter Gryting (1881–1956). She was a student at Otto Treider's school in

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in 1933–34. She was trained in accounting and served for six years as business manager in Gjerstad supply council and then municipal councilor in Gjerstad 1945–47. She was added to the County Audit Office in Aust-Agder from 1948 until she retired in 1969. Hagelia held positions in local politics in the municipalities

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(1947–51),

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(1956–59) and

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(1971). She was elected to the

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from

in 1950, and was re-elected on three occasions. She had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the period 1945–1949.

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* 1904 births 1996 deaths People from Aust-Agder Labour Party (Norway) politicians Women members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Members of the Storting 1950–1953 Members of the Storting 1954–1957 Members of the Storting 1958–1961 Members of the Storting 1961–1965 {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub