Ingebjørg Kasin Sandsdalen
Appearance
Ingebjørg Kasin Sandsdalen (6 September 1915 – 4 September 2003) was a Norwegian poet and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
She was born in Seljord, and in 1938 she married poet and farmer Halvor J. Sandsdalen (1911–1998). Her debut was Hjarta av jord in 1950, and her last work was Jord og tid in 2001. She wrote twenty poetry collections and eight books of poetic prose. In 1996 she was decorated with the King's Medal of Merit in gold.[1]
For the 1965 Norwegian parliamentary election she was the fourth candidate on the ballot in Telemark, behind Johannes Østtveit, Olav Søyland and Morgan Kornmo.[2] She was elected as a deputy representative for the term 1965–1969.[3] She was later the ninth candidate at the 1973 election.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Aune, Olav Egil. "Ingebjørg Kasin Sandsdalen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. XII. 199. Stortingsvalget 1965. Hefte II. Oversikt" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
- ^ "Ingebjørg Kasin Sandsdalen" (in Norwegian). Storting.. Note that the bio gives her name wrongly, "Karin Sandsdalen".
- ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. Stortingsvalget 1973. Hefte I." (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 2003 deaths
- People from Seljord
- Norwegian women poets
- Deputy members of the Storting
- Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians
- Politicians from Telemark
- Women members of the Storting
- Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold
- 20th-century Norwegian poets
- 20th-century Norwegian women writers
- 20th-century Norwegian women politicians
- 20th-century Norwegian politicians
- Norwegian politician, 1910s birth stubs