# Marit Rotnes

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{{Short description|Norwegian politician (1928–2022)}}
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| name          = Marit Rotnes
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1928|4|6|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [Oslo](/source/Oslo), Norway
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2022|3|27|1928|4|6|df=y}}
| death_place   = Oslo, Norway
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| office        = [Member of the Norwegian Parliament](/source/Storting)
| term_start    = 1981
| term_end      = 1993
| constituency  = [Sør-Trøndelag](/source/S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag_(Storting_constituency))
| education     = [Socionom](/source/Socionom)
| alma_mater    = Norges Kommunal- og Sosialhøyskole
| occupation    = Secretary, social worker and politician
| party         = [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(Norway))
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'''Marit Rotnes''' (6 April 1928 – 27 March 2022) was a Norwegian politician for the [Norwegian Labour Party](/source/Norwegian_Labour_Party). She was born in [Oslo](/source/Oslo) and was educated first as secretary and then as social worker, and was a member of the [Storting](/source/Storting) from 1981 to 1993, representing [Sør-Trøndelag](/source/S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag_(Storting_constituency)).<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Marit Rotnes |encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon) |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Marit_Rotnes |language=Norwegian | accessdate=11 February 2011 }}</ref>

==Early and personal life==
Rotnes was born in [Oslo](/source/Oslo) on 6 April 1928, a daughter of Erling Gulbrandsen and Harriet Glende. She graduated as secretary in 1948, and worked as [stenographer](/source/stenographer) from 1948 to 1952, and then as office assistant in [Lillestrøm](/source/Lillestr%C3%B8m_(town)) from 1952 to 1956. She graduated in [social work](/source/social_work) from Norges Kommunal- og Sosialhøyskole in 1958, and from 1962 to 1967 she was appointed as social worker in [Skedsmo](/source/Skedsmo) and in [Nord-Trøndelag](/source/Nord-Tr%C3%B8ndelag). After a period as a farmer's wife, she was again social worker, in [Fosen](/source/Fosen) and [Åfjord](/source/%C3%85fjord_Municipality).<ref name=storting/> In 1977, she was appointed director of social affairs in  Åfjord.<ref name=snl/> Rotnes died in Oslo on 27 March 2022, at the age of 93.<ref name=snl/>

==Political career==
Rotnes was a member of the [municipal council](/source/Municipal_council_(Norway)) of [Åfjord Municipality](/source/%C3%85fjord_Municipality) from 1975 to 1979, and from 1979 to 1981. She was elected to the [Storting](/source/Storting) for three periods. During the first period, from 1981 to 1985, she was a member of ''Kommunal- og miljøvernkomiteen''. From 1984 she was also a delegate to the [United Nations General Assembly](/source/United_Nations_General_Assembly).<ref name=storting>{{cite web|title=Rotnes, Marit ( 1928- ) |publisher=[Storting](/source/Storting)et |location=Oslo |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=MARO |language=Norwegian |accessdate=22 September 2014}}</ref>

During her second period, she was a member of the [Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs](/source/Standing_Committee_on_Labour_and_Social_Affairs) from 23 October 1985 to 15 May 1986, and of the [Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs](/source/Standing_Committee_on_Finance_and_Economic_Affairs) from 15 May 1986 to 30 September 1989. During her third period at the Storting, from 1989 to 1993, ahe was a member of ''Forbruker- og administrasjonskomiteen''. She was a member of the parliament's delegation to the [Nordic Council](/source/Nordic_Council) from 1990 to 1993, having been a deputy member from 1981 to 1990.<ref name=storting/>

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Category:1928 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:Politicians from Oslo
Category:Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Category:Politicians from Trøndelag
Category:Members of the Storting 1989–1993
Category:Members of the Storting 1985–1989
Category:Members of the Storting 1981–1985

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