Edel Hætta Eriksen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Edel Hætta Eriksen

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1921

Place of Birth: Kautokeino, Northern Norway, Norway

Profession: teacher, politician, author, pedagogue, editor

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Edel Hætta Eriksen (born 17 October 1921) is a Norwegian schoolteacher and politician. She was born in Guovdageaidnu Kautokeino to Klemet Klemetsen Hætta and midwife Berit Karen Olsdatter Erke.
She worked as schoolteacher from 1949 to 1969, and headmaster from 1969 to 1977.
She was appointed as the first director of Samisk utdanningsråd, from 1977 to 1989.
She was a board member of the Norwegian Sami Association 1968–1975, a member of the Saami Council from 1956 to 1963 and from 1974 to 1977, and a member of the Arts Council Norway.
She was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St.
Olav in 1988.