Anna Berentine Anthoni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
About Anna Berentine Anthoni
- Anna Berentine Anthoni (18 May 1884 – 4 March 1951) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Bergen, and had her first job at a curtain factory from 1901 to 1905.
- From 1906 to 1910 she was a captain in the Salvation Army, and then she spent several years in the city Horten, where she managed a retirement home from 1919 to 1925.
- She then returned to Bergen, worked two years in the textile industry before becoming fully involved in the trade union Norsk Tekstilarbeiderforbund.
- The trade union would become a part of Bekledningsarbeiderforbundet in 1969 and the United Federation of Trade Unions in 1988.She was a member of the executive committee of Bergen city council from 1934 to 1951.
- She was also a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway, representing the constituency Bergen, during the terms 1937–1945 and 1950–1953.
- In 1950 she gained a regular seat in parliament, since Nils Langhelle had become a member of Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet.
- She held this position until her death on 4 March 1951.
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