Margit Tøsdal (14 April 1918 – 12 January 1993) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Os. She was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( ; ) 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 based on party-list proportional represe ...

from

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Munici ...

in 1961, and was re-elected on two occasions. She had previously served as a deputy representative in the period 1958–1961. Tøsdal was President of the Lagting 1977–1981. She was a member of Os municipality council from 1951 to 1955. She founded the friendship association Friends of Israel in the Norwegian Labour Movement (Norwegian: Venner av Israel i Norsk Arbeiderbevegelse).Arbeiderbladet papirutgave, 11. mars 1981: ISRAEL-VENNER

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* 1918 births 1993 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Women members of the Storting People from Os, Hordaland 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Members of the Storting 1977–1981 Members of the Storting 1973–1977 Members of the Storting 1961–1965 {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub