Tove Pihl
Tove Agnethe Pihl (21 December 1924 – 20 January 1987) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party.
She was born in Kristiania as the daughter of professor in medicine Otto Lous Mohr and the noted activist Tove Mohr.[1] Her maternal grandmother was Katti Anker Møller.[citation needed] Tove Pihl graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Rochester in 1948, and with a Master of Arts degree in pedagogy from the University of Chicago in 1949. She then worked as a school teacher and rector in Oslo, and was a member of the city school board from 1956.[1]
She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1969, but was not re-elected in 1973. During her term she was a member of the Standing Committee of Justice.[1]
Pihl also chaired the Norwegian Movement for Vietnam from 1973 to 1974, and was a member of the board of Nei til Atomvåpen from 1980 to 1986. She was also a member of the board of Barnevernsakademiet i Oslo from 1965 to 1973, Statens Sykepleierskole from 1974 to 1981 and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs from 1978 to 1982.[1]
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- 1924 births
- 1987 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of Norway
- Labour Party (Norway) politicians
- Politicians from Oslo
- Norwegian women in politics
- University of Rochester alumni
- University of Chicago alumni
- Norwegian expatriates in the United States
- Norwegian principals
- Norwegian non-fiction writers
- 20th-century Norwegian writers
- Norwegian politician, 1920s birth stubs