Margit Tøsdal Explained

Margit Tøsdal (14 April 1918  - 12 January 1993) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

She was born in Os.

She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1961, and was re-elected on two occasions. She had previously served as a deputy representative in the period 1958 - 1961.

Tøsdal was President of the Lagting 1977 - 1981.

She was a member of Os municipality council from 1951 to 1955.

She founded the friendship association Friends of Israel in the Norwegian Labour Movement (Norwegian: Venner av Israel i Norsk Arbeiderbevegelse).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Arbeiderbladet papirutgave, 11. mars 1981: ISRAEL-VENNER