# Rachel Grepp

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'''Rachel Catharina Helland Grepp''', née '''Helland''' (5 March 1879 – 24 May 1961) was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the [Norwegian Labour Party](/source/Norwegian_Labour_Party).

She was among the founders of Bergens Socialdemokratiske Ungdomslag in 1902. From 1923 to 1945 she was a journalist in ''[Arbeiderbladet](/source/Dagsavisen)'', a member of Oslo city council as well as international secretary and member of the women's secretariat in the Labour Party.<ref name=ap>{{cite web|url=http://www.arbeiderpartiet.no/Om-AP/Politikere/Biografier/Grepp-Rachel|language=Norwegian|title=Grepp, Rachel|publisher=Norwegian Labour Party|accessdate=12 March 2009|archive-date=19 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919230858/http://arbeiderpartiet.no/Om-AP/Politikere/Biografier/Grepp-Rachel|url-status=dead}}</ref> These positions were ''de facto'' suspended from 1940 due to the [German occupation of Norway](/source/German_occupation_of_Norway).

She was the Labour Party's eighth ballot candidate in the [1924 parliamentary election](/source/1924_Norwegian_parliamentary_election)<ref>{{stort24}}</ref> and the eighth ballot candidate in the [1927 election](/source/1927_Norwegian_parliamentary_election). This time she was elected as fourth deputy.<ref>{{stort27}}</ref>

She was married to [Kyrre Grepp](/source/Kyrre_Grepp) (1879–1922).<ref name=ap/> Their daughter [Gerda Grepp](/source/Gerda_Grepp) (1907–1940) was a [Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War) correspondent,<ref name=tusen-reporter>{{cite book |title=Tusen dager. Norge og den spanske borgerkrigen 1936-1939 |first=Jo Stein |last=Moen |first2=Rolf |last2=Sæther |pages=63–70 |chapter=Norges første kvinnelige krigsreporter |publisher=Gyldendal |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo |year=2009 }}</ref> their son [Ole Grepp](/source/Ole_Grepp) (1914–1976) was an actor,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Ole Grepp|encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon)|editor=Henriksen, Petter|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Ole_Grepp|language=Norwegian|accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref> and their son Asle Grepp (1919–1945) was executed as a [Norwegian World War II resistance member](/source/Norwegian_resistance_movement).<ref name=vf>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Grepp, Asle Helland|page=715|last=Ording|first=Arne |authorlink=Arne Ording|author2=Johnson, Gudrun |author3=Garder, Johan |encyclopedia=[Våre falne 1939-1945](/source/V%C3%A5re_falne_1939-1945)|publisher=The State of Norway|location=Oslo|year=1949|volume=1|language=Norwegian|url=http://da2.uib.no/cgi-win/WebBok.exe?slag=lesside&bokid=vaarefalne1&sideid=715&storleik=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724190052/http://da2.uib.no/cgi-win/WebBok.exe?slag=lesside&bokid=vaarefalne1&sideid=715&storleik=|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2011|accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Nøkleby|first=Berit|authorlink=Berit Nøkleby|title='Skutt blir den...'. Tysk bruk av dødsstraff i Norge 1940–45|publisher=Gyldendal|location=Oslo|year=1996|page=227|isbn=82-05-22173-1|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

A close friend of [Alexandra Kollontai](/source/Alexandra_Kollontai).
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Category:Journalists from Oslo
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