# Margit Haslund

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{{Short description|Norwegian women's advocate and politician}}
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'''Margit Haslund''' (10 September 1885 – 3 September 1963) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) women's advocate and local politician.

Margit Løkke was born in [Oslo](/source/Oslo). She sat in the city council in [Lillehammer](/source/Lillehammer) from 1928 to 1940, where she represented the [Conservatives](/source/Conservative_Party_(Norway)). In 1940, she became mayor of the city, after the standing mayor asked for leave and the deputy mayor did not want this position. She was the first female mayor in a Norwegian city.<ref>Trond Feiring: Sommeren 1940 – ei vanskelig overgangstid Arkivert 29. ''Lillehammer Byavis'' (Norwegian language)</ref> During the [German occupation of Norway](/source/German_occupation_of_Norway), she was a member of the home front civilian organization, Sivorg.<ref>Lunde, Jon Vegard (1939-) (1982). - ''Det var ei rar tid: Hjemmefronten i Gudbrandsdalen 1940-45''. Otta: Jon Vegard Lunde presseservice. s. 87 og 91. {{ISBN|8299096618}}. (Norwegian language)</ref> Haslund died 3 September 1963. A street in Lillehammer is named in her honor.<ref>''Gate og gutu: historien bak gatenavnene i Lillehammer''. Lillehammer: I samarbeid med Thorsrud, Lokalhistorisk forl. 1996. s. 67. {{ISBN|8290385188}}. (Norwegian language)</ref>

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