Tove Agnethe Pihl (21 December 1924 – 20 January 1987) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party. She was born in

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as the daughter of professor in medicine

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and the noted activist

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. Her maternal grandmother was

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. Tove Pihl graduated with a

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degree in psychology from the

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in 1948, and with a

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degree in

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from the

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in 1949. She then worked as a school teacher and rector in Oslo, and was a member of the city school board from 1956. She was elected to the

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from

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in 1969, but was not re-elected in 1973. During her term, she was a member of the Standing Committee of Justice. Pihl also chaired the Norwegian Movement for Vietnam from 1973 to 1974, and was a member of the board of

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from 1980 to 1986. She was also a member of the board of Barnevernsakademiet i Oslo from 1965 to 1973, Statens Sykepleierskole from 1974 to 1981, and the

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from 1978 to 1982.

References

1924 births 1987 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Oslo Women members of the Storting University of Rochester alumni University of Chicago alumni Norwegian expatriates in the United States Heads of schools in Norway Norwegian non-fiction writers 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Members of the Storting 1969–1973 {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub