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About Bergfrid Fjose
- Bergfrid Fjose (31 March 1915 – 13 May 2004) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She was born in Ullensvang as the daughter of priest and politician Jon Mannsåker; her brother was the historian Dagfinn Mannsåker.
- She enrolled as a student in 1935, took the teacher's examination in 1938 and worked as a teacher at Valdres folk high school from 1938 to 1943.
- From 1943 to 1945 she was a refugee in Sweden due to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.
- From 1947 to 1949 she worked in Kvam.
- She was elected to the municipal council there, serving from 1951 to 1952.
- She then worked in Voss from 1952 to 1957, and in Ã…rdal from 1959 to 1967.
- She was member of Ã…rdal municipal council from 1959 to 1963 and Fana municipal council from 1967 to 1971.
- From 1968 to 1969 she chaired the local party chapter.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1969, and was re-elected on one occasion.
- During this period she was the leader of the informal parliamentary temperance and nynorsk groups.
- From 1972 to 1973 she was the Minister of Social Affairs, as a part of the cabinet Korvald.
- During her time in cabinet she was replaced in the Norwegian Parliament by Gunnar Mjånes and, briefly, Magne Haldorsen.
- During her period in office, she was responsible for the Vinmonopolet.
- During this time, the wine monopoly introduced unmarked gray plastic bags for the sake of anonymity; these were teasingly nicknamed "fjose-pose" ("Fjose bags").Fjose had been a member of the board of Vinmonopolet from 1964 to 1978.
- She was also active in Noregs Mållag, Aksjonen mot Atomvåpen and other organizations, and from 1989 to 1991 she was a member of the National Council for Senior Citizens.
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