Helga Gitmark

Helga Gitmark
Minister of the Environment
In office 5 March 1973 – 16 October 1973
Prime Minister	Lars Korvald
Preceded by	Trygve Haugeland
Succeeded by	Tor Halvorsen
Deputy Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 1977 – 30 September 1981
Constituency	Aust-Agder
Deputy Leader of the Centre Party
In office 1973–1979
Leader	Dagfinn Vårvik Gunnar Stålsett
Personal details
Born	(1929-09-30)30 September 1929 Holt, Norway
Died	2 August 2008(2008-08-02) (aged 78)
Political party	Centre

Helga Gitmark (30 September 1929 – 2 August 2008) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.

Biography

She was the Minister of the Environment from March to October 1973 during the cabinet Korvald, replacing Trygve Haugeland. She was also the world's first female environment minister. She lost this job when the cabinet Korvald fell.

She served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder during the term 1977–1981. On the local level she was member of Lillesand municipal council during the terms 1971–1975 and 1991–1995. She was born in Holt.

She was a member of the central committee of the Centre Party from 1969 to 1979, and was deputy party leader from 1973 to 1979. In addition she was a member of the board in several organizations within the Church of Norway, including the Diocese Council of Agder, as well as other Christian organizations.

References

• "Helga Gitmark" (in Norwegian). Storting.
• Obituary Nrk.no (in Norwegian)