There were no political parties in Norway in 1814. For this reason, the parties are not mentioned in the original wording of the Constitution. It was not until 1884 that political parties were directly referred to in the Constitution.
The first woman to take her seat in the Storting was Anna Georgine Rogstad (1854–1938). She was an active advocate of women’s rights, and was personally involved in pushing forward the changes that gave her the opportunity to run for election in 1909.
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