# Ingeborg Botnen

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{{Short description|Norwegian politician (1934–2022)}}
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 | party             = [Norwegian Labour Party](/source/Norwegian_Labour_Party)
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'''Ingeborg Botnen''' (9 February 1934 – 17 March 2022) was a Norwegian politician for the [Norwegian Labour Party](/source/Norwegian_Labour_Party). She was a member of the [Parliament of Norway](/source/Parliament_of_Norway) from 1981 to 1993, representing [Telemark](/source/Telemark).<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ingeborg Botnen |encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/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](/source/Tinn) from 1963 to 1983, and from 1995 to 1999.<ref name=snl/>

===Parliament===
She was elected representative to the [Storting](/source/Storting) from the constituency of [Telemark](/source/Telemark_(Storting_constituency)) 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](/source/Standing_Committee_on_Transport_and_Communications) from 1985 to 1986, and of the [Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence](/source/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](/source/Standing_Committee_on_Education%2C_Research_and_Church_Affairs), and of the [Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs](/source/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](/source/The_Norwegian_Writers'_Center) from 1972 to 1980. She was board member of the film production company [Norsk Film](/source/Norsk_Film) from 1980 to 1981, board member of the [Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities](/source/Norwegian_Association_of_Local_and_Regional_Authorities) from 1980 to 1984, and board member of the [Norwegian Labour Movement Archives and Library](/source/Norwegian_Labour_Movement_Archives_and_Library) from 1982. She was board member of the [Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum](/source/Norwegian_Industrial_Workers_Museum) from 1996 to 2000.<ref name=storting/>

==Personal life==
Botnen was born in [Brandbu](/source/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](/source/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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Category:1934 births
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Category:People from Innlandet
Category:Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Category:Politicians from Telemark
Category:Members of the Storting 1989–1993
Category:Members of the Storting 1985–1989
Category:Members of the Storting 1981–1985
Category:Women members of the Storting

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