Marit Greve

{{Short description|Norwegian jurist, book publisher, and politician (1928–2021)}} '''Marit Greve''' (née '''Nansen''', 8 November 1928 – 26 March 2021) was a Norwegian jurist, book publisher and politician for the Conservative Party.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marit Greve |url=https://sagabegravelse.vareminnesider.no/memorial_page/memorial_page_personal_info.php?order_id=3841922&set_site_id=711&fbrefresh=3841922&sign=ad843ad9339bc2b047e34f4f240d1b17 |publisher=SAGA Begravelsesbyrå |access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life== She was a daughter of Kari and Odd Nansen,<ref name=nbl-tim>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tim Greve |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Arne |last=Bonde |author-link=Arne Bonde (editor) |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=https://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Tim_Greve/utdypning |language=no |access-date=15 October 2009}}</ref> granddaughter of Eva and Fridtjof Nansen.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Nansen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |url=https://www.snl.no/Nansen|language=no |access-date=11 April 2014}}</ref> and a sister of Eigil Nansen.

In 1954 she married historian and diplomat Tim Greve, and was a sister-in-law of Egil Gade Greve.<ref name=nbl-tim/> They resided at Fornebu in Bærum, incidentally in the road ''Fridtjof Nansens vei''.<ref name=ntb>{{cite news|title=Marit Greve 75. desember 8. november|date=17 October 2003|agency=Norwegian News Agency}}</ref>

==Career== She took the cand.jur. degree in 1955, but spent her career in publishing houses. She was an editor in the encyclopedic department of Aschehougs Forlag, later Kunnskapsforlaget.<ref name=ntb/>

She was elected to Bærum municipal council in 1967 and Akershus county council in 1975. She served three terms in the county council. In 1987 she was selected as the first female chair of Bærum Conservative Party, but she only served for one year.<ref name=ntb/><ref name=1st>{{cite news|title=Første kvinnelige formann i Bærum Høyre|last=Fonbæk|first=Dag|date=10 February 1987|work=Aftenposten Aften|page=7|language=no}}</ref><ref name=first>{{cite news|title=Lederen som samler fotfolket?|last=Seeland|first=Alf|date=12 February 1987|work=Aftenposten Aften|page=4|language=no}}</ref><ref name=left>{{cite news|title=Ville samle Bærum Høyre|date=8 November 1988|work=Aftenposten|page=14|language=no}}</ref>

She has also chaired Bærum Hospital<ref name=1st/> and the Fram Committee and held board memberships in the Norwegian Maritime Museum Friends Association and Norges Forsvarsforening.<ref name=ntb/> She was also a member of the Norwegian Atlantic Committee and Amnesty International.<ref name=first/>

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