Margit Haslund (10 September 1885 – 3 September 1963) was a Norwegian women's advocate and local politician. Margit Løkke was born in

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. She sat in the city council in

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from 1928 to 1940, where she represented the

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. In 1940, she became mayor of the city, after the standing mayor asked for leave and the deputy mayor did not want this position. She was the first female mayor in a Norwegian city. During the

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, she was a member of the home front civilian organization, Sivorg. Haslund died 3 September 1963. A street in Lillehammer is named in her honor.''Gate og gutu: historien bak gatenavnene i Lillehammer''. Lillehammer: I samarbeid med Thorsrud, Lokalhistorisk forl. 1996. s. 67. . (Norwegian language)

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1885 births 1963 deaths Politicians from Lillehammer Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Women mayors of places in Norway Mayors of places in Oppland Norwegian feminists Norwegian resistance members {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub