Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer

Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer
Schweiaard Selmer in 1965
Supreme Court Justice of Norway
In office
2 January 1971 – 5 January 1990
MonarchOlav V
Prime MinisterPer Borten
Trygve Bratteli
Lars Korvald
Odvar Nordli
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Kåre Willoch
Jan P. Syse
Minister of Justice
In office
12 October 1965 – 3 October 1970
Prime MinisterPer Borten
Preceded byO. C. Gundersen
Succeeded byEgil Endresen
Personal details
Born
Ragnhild Elisabeth Schweigaard

(1923-10-18)18 October 1923
Kristiania, Norway
Died18 June 2009(2009-06-18) (aged 85)
Political partyConservative
SpouseKnut S. Selmer
OccupationJurist, politician

Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer (born Ragnhild Elisabeth Schweigaard, 18 October 1923 – 18 June 2009) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party.

During the Nazi occupation of Norway, Elisabeth Schweigaard worked with the Norwegian resistance movement "Hjemmefronten" against the Nazi collaborationist Quisling regime. Elisabeth was then just a teenager.