Hanna Kvanmo

Hanna Kvanmo
Member of the Storting
In office
1973–1989
ConstituencyNordland
Parliamentary leader of the Socialist Left Party
In office
1977–1989
Succeeded byKjellbjørg Lunde
Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
In office
1991–2002
Vice chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
In office
1993–1998
Preceded byGidske Anderson
Succeeded byGunnar Berge
Personal details
Born
Hanna Kristine Hansen

June 14, 1926
Sandtorg, Norway
DiedJune 23, 2005(2005-06-23) (aged 79)
Arendal, Norway
Political partySocialist Left Party
ProfessionTeacher

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.