Werna Julie Gerhardsen, née Koren Christie (6 August 1912 – 11 January 1970) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, best known as the wife of Prime Minister

Einar Gerhardsen Einar Henry Gerhardsen (; 10 May 1897 – 19 September 1987) was a Norwegian politician who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1945 to 1951, 1955 to 1963 and 1963 to 1965. With a total of 16 years in office, he is the longest serving Pri ...

. Gerhardsen was born in 1912 to Johan Werner Koren Christie (1879–1918) and Klara Rønning (1889–1967). She married Einar Gerhardsen in October 1932. They had a son

Rune Gerhardsen Rune Gerhardsen (13 June 1946 – 4 September 2021) was a Norwegian politician, representing the Norwegian Labour Party, and sports leader at Norwegian Skating Association representing Aktiv SK. Biography Gerhardsen was a son of Werna and ...

and granddaughter Mina Gerhardsen. She is a sister-in-law of Rolf Gerhardsen. She was a member of Oslo school board, and Oslo city council from 1947. She was also a board member of the

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and the

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, a supervisory council member of the National Theatre and a council member of

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. Gerhardsen allegedly cooperated with

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for much of her husbands time in office as the Prime Minister. According to a retired

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officer, she passed on

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and other secrets to the KGB. Scandinavian Security and Intelligence: The European Union, The WEU and NATO
June, 1997. p.9.

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1912 births 1970 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Oslo Norwegian women in politics Spouses of prime ministers of Norway {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub