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Gro Harlem Brundtland

29th Prime Minister of Norway

  • Fame63.9
  • Momentum0.7
  • Norway rank#84
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  • Fame63.9
  • Momentum0.7
  • Norway rank#84
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Born 1939 · age 87Norway
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  • Wikipedia
    84 languages
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  • Rank in Norway
    #84
    Politicians
  • Age
    87
    Born 1939
  • Known for
    Nå er det jul igjen
    1990
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

Norway's first female prime minister, who served three separate terms between 1981 and 1996, then became the face of global sustainable development after chairing the commission that gave the concept its modern definition.

Biography

About

Trained as a physician, Harlem Brundtland entered politics through the Labour Party and became Minister of the Environment in 1974. She took office as Norway's first female prime minister on 4 February 1981, though that first term lasted only eight months. She returned for a second term from May 1986 to October 1989, then a third from November 1990 until her surprise resignation in 1996, earning the nickname "mother of the nation" along the way. Between her second and third terms as prime minister, she chaired the Brundtland Commission, which produced the landmark Brundtland Report on sustaina…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Gro Harlem Brundtland

Gro Harlem Brundtland
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We have an opportunity to launch a massive effort against infectious diseases.
— Awake! magazine 2003, 10/22
Gro Harlem Brundtland
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Tobacco is a communicated disease – communicated through marketing.
— Sanam Luang, Bangkok, May 2000, cited in "Spotlight on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Article 5.3 Tobacco Industry
Gro Harlem Brundtland
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Nurses, as the key health professionals, are in a unique position to act as powerful advocates for a healthy planet.
— At the International Council of Nurses Centennial Conference in June 1999. Awake! magazine 2000, 11/8
Gro Harlem Brundtland
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20th Century has been called] the century of extremes, [...] in which human vices reached unfathomable depths.
— Awake! magazine 1999, 12/8, article: The Most Profound Changes.
Gro Harlem Brundtland
saidundated
The global toll of mental illness and neurological disorders is staggering.
— Note: A WHO report revealed that mental disorders are “among the leading causes of ill-health and disability worldwide.
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Fame
Stable
63.9
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Score components
Momentum0.7
Historical24.3
Now attention3.9
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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Country rank
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