Rachel Catharina Helland Grepp, née Helland (5 March 1879 – 24 May 1961) was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the

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. She was among the founders of Bergens Socialdemokratiske Ungdomslag in 1902. From 1923 to 1945 she was a journalist in ''

Arbeiderbladet ''Dagsavisen'' is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999. It has borne several names, and was called ''Arbeiderbladet'' from 1923 to 1997. ...

'', a member of Oslo city council as well as international secretary and member of the women's secretariat in the Labour Party. These positions were ''de facto'' suspended from 1940 due to the

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. She was the Labour Party's eighth ballot candidate in the 1924 parliamentary election and the eighth ballot candidate in the 1927 election. This time she was elected as fourth deputy. She was married to

Kyrre Grepp Olav Kyrre Grepp (6 August 1879 – 6 February 1922) was a Norwegian politician, leader of the Norwegian Labour Party. Grepp became a Communist by the end of his life and was active in the Comintern. He studied literature and philosophy, however ...

(1879–1922). Their daughter

Gerda Grepp Gerda Johanne Helland Grepp Accessed through thgrave-site registryof the Genealogy Society of Norway (DIS), select "Id" from the drop-down menu labelled "Find" and enter "675648". (26 May 1907 – 29 August 1940) was a Norwegian translator, journ ...

(1907–1940) was a

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correspondent, their son Ole Grepp (1914–1976) was an actor, and their son Asle Grepp (1919–1945) was executed as a Norwegian World War II resistance member. A close friend of

Alexandra Kollontai Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai (russian: Алекса́ндра Миха́йловна Коллонта́й, née Domontovich, Домонто́вич; – 9 March 1952) was a Russian revolutionary, politician, diplomat and Marxist the ...

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