page_title: Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
section_title: Presidents
hierarchical_section_title: Norwegian Association for Women's Rights / Presidents
caption_attribution_description: English: K.M. Bruzelius, supreme court justice, Norway
context_page_description: The Norwegian Association for Women's Rights is a Norwegian nonpartisan political advocacy organisation and Norway's oldest and preeminent women's and girls' rights organisation.
  It was founded in 1884 on the initiative of Gina Krog and Hagbart Berner by 171 prominent women and men, including five Norwegian Prime Ministers. Its basic principle is that full and equal enjoyment of human rights is due to all women and girls, and it works to advance women's social, economic and political situation in Norway as well as internationally. Historically associated with the Liberal Party, NKF is today broadly representative of the political spectrum. The association has always been Norway's most important mainstream feminist or liberal feminist organisation and has successfully campaigned for women’s right to education, the right to vote, the right to work, the adoption of the 1978 Gender Equality Act and the establishment of what is now the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud.
context_section_description: Hagbart Berner 1884–1885
  Anna Stang 1885–1886
  Ragna Nielsen 1886–1888
  Anna Bugge 1888–1889
  Ragna Nielsen 1889–1895
  Randi Blehr 1895–1899
  Fredrikke Marie Qvam 1899–1903
  Randi Blehr 1903–1922
  Aadel Lampe 1922–1926
  Fredrikke Mørck 1926–1930
  Anna Hvoslef 1930–1935
  Kitty Bugge 1935–1936
  Margarete Bonnevie 1936–1946
  Dakky Kiær 1946–1952
  Ingerid Gjøstein Resi 1952–1955
  Marit Aarum 1955–1956
  Signe Swensson 1956
  Eva Kolstad 1956–1968
  Clara Ottesen 1968–1972
  Kari Skjønsberg 1972–1978
  Karin M. Bruzelius 1978–1984
  Sigrun Hoel 1984–1988
  Irene Bauer 1988–1990
  Siri Hangeland 1990–1992
  Bjørg Krane Bostad 1992–1994
  Kjellaug Pettersen 1994–1998
  Siri Hangeland 1998–2004
  Berit Kvæven 2004–2006
  Torild Skard 2006–2013
  Margunn Bjørnholt 2013–2016
  Marit Nybakk 2016–2018
  Karin M. Bruzelius 2018–2020
  Anne Hege Grung 2020–
caption: Karin M. Bruzelius, the incumbent President, is a former Supreme Court Justice and became the first female Permanent Secretary in Norway in 1989
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