Reidun Gravdahl, née Engen (born 12 January 1948 in

Østre Toten Østre Toten is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lena. Other villages in the municipality include Kapp, Kolbu, Kraby ...

) is a profiled Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Outside politics she worked at

Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker was a Norwegian company based at Raufoss, established in 1896 as ''Rødfoss Patronfabrik''. Initially the company manufactured ammunition, and later also other products, such as aluminium parts to the automotive industry ...

from 1978, and became involved in the

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (s ...

there. She joined the Labour Party and was eventually 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

Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. Th ...

in 2001. She served as a deputy representative during the terms 1993–1997 and 2001–2005. On the local level she was elected to Oppland county council in 2003, and became deputy county mayor following the 2007 election.

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1948 births Living people Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Oppland politicians Norwegian trade unionists People from Østre Toten People from Vestre Toten 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub