Hanna Kvanmo
Hanna Kvanmo | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Storting | |
| In office 1973–1989 | |
| Constituency | Nordland |
| Parliamentary leader of the Socialist Left Party | |
| In office 1977–1989 | |
| Succeeded by | Kjellbjørg Lunde |
| Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee | |
| In office 1991–2002 | |
| Vice chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee | |
| In office 1993–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Gidske Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Gunnar Berge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hanna Kristine Hansen June 14, 1926 |
| Died | June 23, 2005 (aged 79) |
| Party | Socialist Left Party |
| Profession | Teacher |
Hanna Kristine Kvanmo (June 14, 1926 – June 23, 2005) was a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1973 to 1989, representing the county of Nordland, as the first parliamentary leader of the Socialist Left Party from 1977 to 1989. She was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1991 to 2002, and served as the committee's vice chair from 1993 to 1998. During her term on the Nobel committee, she participated in the decisions to award the Nobel Peace Prize to individuals such as Aung San Suu Kyi, Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat and Kofi Annan. She worked for the thoroughly nazified German Red Cross in the ending years of the Second World War, and she was convicted for treason following her repatriation to Norway in 1947.
By profession, she was a teacher.