{{Short description|Norwegian politician (1934–2022)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ingeborg Botnen | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Member of Parliament of Norway | status = | term_start = 1981 | term_end = 1993 | subterm = | suboffice = | alongside = | monarch = | president = | governor_general = | taoiseach = | chancellor = | governor = | co-leader = | deputy = | lieutenant = | succeeding = | constituency = Telemark | majority = | predecessor = | successor = | prior_term = | order2 = | office2 = | subterm2 = | suboffice2 = | alongside2 = | monarch2 = | president2 = | governor_general2 = | chancellor2 = | taoiseach2 = | governor2 = | co-leader2 = | deputy2 = | lieutenant2 = | succeeding2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | constituency2 = | majority2 = | prior_term2 = | party = Norwegian Labour Party | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|2|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Brandbu, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|3|17|1934|2|9|df=y}} | death_place = Oslo, Norway }}
'''Ingeborg Botnen''' (9 February 1934 – 17 March 2022) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. She was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1981 to 1993, representing Telemark.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ingeborg Botnen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Ingeborg_Botnen |language=Norwegian | accessdate=11 February 2011 }}</ref>
==Political career== ===Local politics=== Botnen was elected member of the municipal council in Tinn from 1963 to 1983, and from 1995 to 1999.<ref name=snl/>
===Parliament=== She was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Telemark for three periods. During the first period, from 1981 to 1985, she was a member of ''Kommunal- og miljøvernkomiteen''. During her second period, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications from 1985 to 1986, and of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence from 1986 to 1989. During her third period at the Storting, from 1989 to 1993, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs, and of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs from 1992 to 1993.<ref name=storting>{{cite web |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=INBO&tab=Biography |website=stortinget.no |title=Botnen, Ingeborg (1934-2022) |language=no |access-date=27 August 2022}}</ref>
==Administrative positions== Botnen was a board member of The Norwegian Writers' Center from 1972 to 1980. She was board member of the film production company Norsk Film from 1980 to 1981, board member of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities from 1980 to 1984, and board member of the Norwegian Labour Movement Archives and Library from 1982. She was board member of the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum from 1996 to 2000.<ref name=storting/>
==Personal life== Botnen was born in Brandbu on 9 February 1934,<ref name=snl/> a daughter of Kristen Stenbråten and Kari Løvbrøtte.<ref name=storting/> She was educated as librarian, and managed the public library in Rjukan from 1972 to 2003.<ref name=snl/>
She died on 17 March 2022, at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/14664156/|title=Tidligere stortingspolitiker Ingeborg Botnen er død|date=22 March 2022}}</ref>
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