16 Facts About Tove Strand

Tove Astri Strand was born on 29 September 1946 and is a Norwegian director and former politician for the Labour Party.

Tove Strand was active in politics between 1963 and 1992, including two periods as a government minister.

Tove Strand headed the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation from 1997 to 2005, and since 2005 she is the director of Ulleval University Hospital.

Tove Strand then enrolled as a student at the University of Oslo, having chosen to study economics over medicine, Tove Strand graduated in 1971 with the cand.

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.

Tove Strand later married Tor Saglie, the director of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service.

Tove Strand left in January 1979, to concentrate on her career as a civil servant in the Ministry of Finance, where she was promoted to assistant secretary.

In February 1981, when the first cabinet Brundtland, Tove Strand was again promoted, this time to state secretary.

The first cabinet Brundtland losing office to the cabinet Willoch following the 1981 election, Tove Strand returned to work one more year as assistant secretary in the Ministry of Finance.

Tove Strand was brought back to the government's offices, this time as Minister of Social Affairs.

Tove Strand stayed in this position until October 1989, when the second cabinet Brundtland fell due to the 1989 election.

However, its successor lasted only one year, and Tove Strand returned in 1990 as Norwegian Minister of Government Administration and Labour in the third cabinet Brundtland.

Tove Strand left in 1987, but returned as vice president of the organization from 1994 to 1999.

Tove Strand was a board member of the Norwegian Handball Federation from 1993 to 1995.

Tove Strand was a member of the board of the publishing house Universitetsforlaget from 1982 to 1985, and the Bank of Norway from 1990 to 1999.

Tove Strand chaired the board of the National Institute of Occupational Health from 1990 to 1991, and was involved in the Royal Norwegian Society for Development and the Norwegian UNESCO commission.