Tora Aasland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tora Aasland

Norwegian politician and civil servant

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1942

Place of Birth: Skien, Eastern Norway, Norway

Profession: politician, sociologist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Tora Aasland (born 6 November 1942, in Skien) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.
She served as the Minister of Research and Higher Education from 18 October 2007 to 23 March 2012.
She was a member of the Norwegian Parliament, representing Akershus, from 1985 to 1993.
From 1993 to 2007, she served as governor of Rogaland. Aasland was a deputy member of the executive committee of Nesodden municipality council during the terms 1975–1979 and 1979–1983. Aasland has a cand.sociol.
degree in sociology and was a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Social Research from 1976 to 1982, and its acting director from 1980 to 1981.
She has cited Vilhelm Aubert as her largest influence.