Aaslaug Aasland

Aaslaug Aasland ( born August 11, 1890 in Sandnes, † August 30 1962 in Oslo) was a Norwegian jurist and politician (Labour Party ).

Life

Aaslaug Aasland was the daughter of the businessman Hans Aasland (1855-1901) and Hanna Marie Nielsen ( 1857-1957 ). She was among the first women arrived in one of Norway's highest offices of state. A study of the law, she graduated in 1916 at the University of Oslo and graduated in 1922 from. Immediately thereafter, she was briefly in Alta in a then very poor and small cultivated part of northern Norway operates. From 1924 to 1931 she worked as head of the welfare rates for the Norwegian woman National Council, from 1931 to 1936 as an inspector for women's prisons and from 1936 to 1945 as a Labour Inspectorate. The socially dedicated lawyer learned the reasons many tragic fate of women and proceeded to counteract the root causes of their difficulties. They also tried to be part of it, to give an equal position in the economy and politics of the female members of the Norwegian society.

During the Second World War, Aasland joined the resistance movement against the German occupation of Norway, and in 1945 was briefly director of the Oslo women's prison Bredtveit. Then it was 1945 Member of the second cabinet of Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen 1948 and successor of the late Sven Oftedal as Minister of Social Welfare in November. In this role, she laid the foundation for the development of the Norwegian welfare state. In addition, it was from 1945 to 1947 a member of the Oslo City Council. As Prime Minister Oscar Torp reshaped his cabinet in October 1953, put Aasland for health reasons her government resigned; new Minister of Social Affairs was Seweriin doctor. At the age of 72 years, unmarried remained Aasland died in August 1962 in Oslo.