Kirsten Hansteen

Kirsten Hansteen
Minister of Social Affairs
In office 1945–1955
Personal details
Born	5 January 1903
Died	17 November 1974
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Communist Party of Norway
Spouse	Viggo Hansteen

Kirsten Hansteen (1903–1974) was the Norwegian appointed Minister of Social Affairs in 1945, and the first ever female member of cabinet in Norway. She represented the Communist Party of Norway. Her husband Viggo Hansteen was executed by the German occupation forces in 1941. She edited the underground resistance paper Kvinnefronten (Women's front) during the German occupation. After the war she founded the journal Kvinnen og Tiden together with Henriette Bie Lorentzen.