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Marit Aarum
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| 16th President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights | |
| In office 1955–1956 |
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| Preceded by | Ingerid Gjøstein Resi |
| Succeeded by | Signe Swensson |
| Deputy member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1954–1956 |
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| President of the Liberal Party in Oslo | |
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| Born | April 22, 1903 |
| Died | February 19, 1956 (aged 52) |
| Nationality | Norway |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Occupation | economist and politician |
Marit Johanne Aarum (1903–1956) was a Norwegian economist, liberal politician, civil servant and feminist.
Aarum was born April 22, 1903. She studied at Royal Frederick University and received a cand.oecon. degree in 1926.
Career
Aarum was an inspector at the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority and served as a representative of the Norwegian government to the international Labour conference in 1948. She worked as an International Labour Organization expert in Pakistan for six months from 1952 to 1953.
Aarum became the vice president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1952. When the organisation's president, Ingerid Gjøstein Resi, died in a plane crash in August 1955, Aarum took over as President. She remained president until her death in 1956.
During her political career, she was President of the Oslo branch of the Liberal Party and a member of the City Council of Oslo. She was a deputy member of the Norwegian Parliament representing Oslo for the Liberal Party from 1954 until her death.
