Harriet Andreassen

Harriet Andreassen was a Norwegian labour activist and politician for the Labour Party. Born in Vikna Municipality, she served as secretary of the union Norsk Arbeidsmandsforbund from 1967 to 1977, and of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) from 1977 to 1985. On 3 October 1980, upon the resignation of Inger Louise Valle, she was appointed Minister of Local Government in the government of Odvar Nordli (1976–1981), and remained in this position throughout the short-lived first government of Gro Harlem Brundtland in 1981.