Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer | |
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Supreme Court Justice of Norway | |
In office 2 January 1971 – 5 January 1990 | |
Monarch | Olav V |
Prime Minister | Per 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 Minister | Per Borten |
Preceded by | O. C. Gundersen |
Succeeded by | Egil Endresen |
Personal details | |
Born | Ragnhild Elisabeth Schweigaard 18 October 1923 Kristiania, Norway |
Died | 18 June 2009 | (aged 85)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Knut S. Selmer |
Occupation | Jurist, 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.