Gro Harlem Brundtland held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Gro Harlem Brundtland as 29th Prime Minister of Norway.
Gro Harlem Brundtland was born at Bærum Municipality in 1939. Her recorded nationality is Norway. She was educated at University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
The offices held were Prime Minister of Norway (1981–1981), Prime Minister of Norway (1986–1989) and Prime Minister of Norway (1990–1996).
Her political affiliation is recorded as Norwegian Labour Party.
Her name is attached above all to having chaired the Brundtland Commission which presented the Brundtland Report on sustainable development. Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
Formal honours included the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize (1988), Medal of honor Dag Hammarskjold (1991), Charlemagne Prize (1994) and Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Health (2003).
That the career was made in Norway is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Achievements
- Prime Minister of Norway (1981–1981)
- Prime Minister of Norway (1986–1989)
- Prime Minister of Norway (1990–1996)
- member of the Parliament of Norway (1977–1981)
- Indira Gandhi Peace Prize — 1988
- Medal of honor Dag Hammarskjold — 1991
- Charlemagne Prize — 1994
- Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Health — 2003
- Educated at University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
