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About Eva Kolstad
Eva Severine Lundegaard Kolstad was a Norwegian politician and government minister for the Liberal Party. A major figure in the history of liberal feminism and the development of state feminism in the Nordic countries, she pioneered gender equality policies in Norway and at the United Nations. She served as president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights (1956–1968), member and vice chairman of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (1969–1975), Minister of Government Administration and Consumer Affairs of Norway in Korvald's Cabinet (1972–1973), leader of the Liberal Party (1974–1976) and as Norwegian Gender Equality Ombudsman (1978–1988), the first gender equality ombudsman worldwide.
Everything about Eva Kolstad →- Occupation
- politician, women's rights activist, statutory auditor
- Position held
- deputy member of the Parliament of Norway, President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights, leader of the Liberal Party, Gender Equality Ombud
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Born
- May 6, 1918
- Died
- March 26, 1999