Anne Thommessen, née Dobloug (4 February 1880 – 20 November 1968[1] [2]) was a Norwegian politician.
She was born in Kristiania[3] as a daughter of Mikkel Dobloug (1844–1913) and his wife Susanna, née Baashuus (1851–1931).[4] She finished her secondary education with a private exam at Gjertsen's School in 1897. She later studied philology, but the studies were interrupted because of marriage.[5]
In October 1900 in Kristiania she married Rolf Thommessen.[4] The couple eventually moved to Bærum, first to Ringstabekk. From 1908 they lived in Evje.[3] At Evje farm they had one horse, two cattle, two pigs and 27 chicken.[5] Anne Thommessen's marriage with Rolf Thommessen was dissolved in 1938.[4]
Through this marriage Anne was a daughter-in-law of Ola Thommessen, one of Norway's most important newspaper editors.[4] Anne and Rolf had one adopted daughter and six children of their own; born between 1901 and 1913. The youngest son, Olaf,[5] [6] was the father-in-law of Annette Thommessen.[7] Their second youngest daughter Susanna was married to Harald Hals from 1932 to 1945.[8]
Anne Thommessen received political positions already in the 1910s, while it was still uncommon for women to hold such positions. She was a member of Bærum school board from 1917 to 1926,[3] and a member of Bærum municipal council from 1919[9] to 1925.[3] After a hiatus she stood for election again in 1931, and became a deputy council member for the following term.[10]
In 1933 she joined Arbeidsfylkingen, serving as a member of a women's fundraising committee.[11] Arbeidsfylkingen was an organization to combat unemployment, founded in 1932 by Walter Fyrst, who in 1933 became a prominent member of Nasjonal Samling.[12] [13]