Tove Pihl

Tove Agnethe Pihl (21 December 1924 – 20 January 1987) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party.

She was born in Kristiania as the daughter of professor in medicine Otto Lous Mohr and the noted activist Tove Mohr.^[1] Her maternal grandmother was Katti Anker Møller. Tove Pihl graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Rochester in 1948, and with a Master of Arts degree in pedagogy from the University of Chicago in 1949. She then worked as a school teacher and rector in Oslo, and was a member of the city school board from 1956.^[1]

She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1969, but was not re-elected in 1973. During her term she was a member of the Standing Committee of Justice.^[1]

Pihl also chaired the Norwegian Movement for Vietnam from 1973 to 1974, and was a member of the board of Nei til Atomvåpen from 1980 to 1986. She was also a member of the board of Barnevernsakademiet i Oslo from 1965 to 1973, Statens Sykepleierskole from 1974 to 1981 and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs from 1978 to 1982.^[1]

References

1. "Tove Pihl" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no.