They had a son Rune Gerhardsen and granddaughter Mina Gerhardsen.
She is a sister-in-law of Rolf Gerhardsen.
She was a member of Oslo school board, and Oslo city council from 1947.
She was also a board member of the Norwegian National Opera and the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre, a supervisory council member of the National Theatre and a council member of Oslo Nye Teater.Gerhardsen allegedly cooperated with Soviet Union for much of her husbands time in office as the Prime Minister.
According to a retired KGB officer, she passed on NATO and other secrets to the KGB.