Tove Strand
| Tove Strand | |
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| Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs | |
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In office 1986–1989 |
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| Preceded by | Leif Arne Heløe |
| Succeeded by | Wenche Frogn Sellæg |
| Norwegian Minister of Government Administration and Labour | |
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In office 1990–1992 |
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| Preceded by | Kristin Clemet |
| Succeeded by | Oddny Aleksandersen |
| Personal details | |
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Tove Astri Strand 29 September 1946 Kongsvinger, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Rune Gerhardsen |
| Children |
Mina Marte |
| Parents | Norvald Strand (father) Svanhild Lundhaug (mother) |
Tove Astri Strand (born 29 September 1946) is a Norwegian director and former politician for the Labour Party. She was active in politics between 1963 and 1992, including two periods as a government minister. She headed the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation from 1997 to 2005, and since 2005 she is the director of Ullevål University Hospital.
Born in Kongsvinger as the daughter of local bureaucrat Norvald Strand and nurse Svanhild Lundhaug, she chaired the local chapter of the Workers' Youth League from 1963 to 1966. She then enrolled as a student at the University of Oslo, having chosen to study economics over medicine, She graduated in 1971 with the cand.oecon. degree, and cited Leif Johansen and Nobel Prize laureate Trygve Haavelmo as inspirational economists. While living in Oslo she was a member of the board of local Workers' Youth League chapter from 1968 to 1970.
Tove Strand was formerly married to Rune Gerhardsen, a fellow Labour Party politician and son of former Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen whom she met in university. Due to the marriage she was named Tove Strand Gerhardsen during this period. Before the couple split in 1996, they had two daughters, Marte and Mina Gerhardsen. Both daughters joined the Labour Party too, and Mina Gerhardsen, as political advisor for Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, has been considered particularly influential in Norwegian society. Tove Strand later married Tor Saglie, the director of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service.
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