Gro Harlem Brundtland

29th Prime Minister of Norway · Norway · Politicians · Born 1939 · age 87

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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.

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A life in dates

2021Honorary Doctor of the University of TromsoAward2017Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAward2016Doctor Honoris Causa from the Paris-Sorbonne UniversityAwardDoctor Honoris Causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityAward2013Catalonia International PrizeAwardGlobal Economy PrizeAward2005Albert MedalAward2004Blue Planet PrizeAward2003“We have an opportunity to launch a massive effort against infectious diseases.”In their wordsAwake! magazine 2003, 10/22Read the whole statement

Grand Cross of the Order of Civil HealthAward2000“Tobacco is a communicated disease - communicated through marketing.”In their wordsMay 2000Sanam Luang, Bangkok, May 2000, cited in "Spotlight on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Article 5.3 Tobacco IndustryRead the whole statement

1999“20th Century has been called] the century of extremes, [...] in which human vices reached unfathomable depths.”In their wordsAwake! magazine 1999, 12/8, article: The Most Profound Changes.Read the whole statement

“Nurses, as the key health professionals, are in a unique position to act as powerful advocates for a healthy planet.”In their wordsJune 1999At the International Council of Nurses Centennial Conference in June 1999. Awake! magazine 2000, 11/8Read the whole statement

1997Peer Gynt Literary AwardAward1994Charlemagne PrizeAward1991Medal of honor Dag HammarskjoldAward1988Årets budeieAwardIndira Gandhi Peace PrizeAward1939Born20 April 1939

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Barre, Brundtland, Schwab & Aga Khan - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 1991

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Chrystia Freeland and Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland

Gro Harlem Brundtland - Notre avenir à tous, 1987 (page 33a crop)

In their own words 5

Gro Harlem Brundtland

5 statements, newest first

We have an opportunity to launch a massive effort against infectious diseases.
2003, Awake! magazine 2003, 10/22, Own words
Tobacco is a communicated disease - communicated through marketing.
May 2000, Sanam Luang, Bangkok, May 2000, cited in "Spotlight on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Article 5.3 Tobacco Industry, Own words
20th Century has been called] the century of extremes, [...] in which human vices reached unfathomable depths.
1999, Awake! magazine 1999, 12/8, article: The Most Profound Changes., Own words

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Awards

Honorary Doctor of the University of Tromso2021

Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami2017

Doctor Honoris Causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University2016

Doctor Honoris Causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University2016

Global Economy Prize2013

Catalonia International Prize2013

Albert Medal2005

Fredrikke Award2004

Blue Planet Prize2004

Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Health2003

Peer Gynt Literary Award1997

Charlemagne Prize1994

Medal of honor Dag Hammarskjold1991

Indira Gandhi Peace Prize1988

Årets budeie1988

Four Freedoms Award - Freedom from Want

Tang Prize

Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

Honorary Doctor at Karolinska Institutet

King Harald V's Jubilee Medal 1991-2016

Family

Father Gudmund Harlem

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Partners

Spouse Arne Olav Brundtland

Child Knut Brundtland

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About this person

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 sustainable development. After leaving office she became director-general of the World Health Organization from 1998 to 2003, and later served as UN special envoy on Climate Change from 2007 to 2010.

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Norway

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