In 2021, we celebrated the centenary since Karen Platou (Conservative Party) was the first woman to be elected to the Storting as a regular MP. Read articles about women in the Storting.
In 2021, we are celebrating the fact that it is 100 years since Karen Platou (Conservative Party) was the first woman to be elected to the Storting as a regular MP. Platou’s election was a milestone for Norwegian democracy.
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.
The story of female representation in the Storting is about small steps on the road to major change. At the 2021 parliamentary election, 76 women were elected to the Storting. This equates to almost 45% of the total, a historic high in this country.
Two of the Storting’s first women Members of Parliament (MPs), Anna Rogstad and Karen Platou, have been given their rightful place on one of the walls in the Eidsvoll Gallery.