Karen Grude Koht































Karen Grude Koht

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Karen Grude Koht

Born
(1871-11-16)16 November 1871

Høyland, Norway
Died 10 July 1960(1960-07-10) (aged 88)
Nationality Norwegian
Occupation Educationalist, essayist and female pioneer
Spouse(s) Halvdan Koht
Children 3, including:
Åse Gruda Skard
Paul Koht



Board members of the Norwegian National Women's Council in 1904. Karen Grude Koht, Fredrikke Marie Qvam, Gina Krog, Betzy Kjelsberg and Katti Anker Møller


Karen Grude Koht (16 November 1871– 10 July 1960) was a Norwegian educationalist, essayist and feminist pioneer.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Personal life


  • 3 Selected works


  • 4 References


  • 5 Related reading





Biography


She was born at Høyland in Rogaland, Norway. She was the daughter of Martin Adolf Grude (1841-1918) and Anna Karoline Mossige (1849-1910).
In 1893 she traveled to Kristiania (now Oslo) to attend Ragna Nielsens skole. In 1896, she passed the teacher's test
and started her working career as a teacher in Sandnes. She taught from 1911 at the State School of Education at Stabekk, from 1920 at social courses offer through the Norwegian National Women's Council and from 1923 at Den kvinnelige industriskole in Oslo. She was also a deputy member of Bærum municipal council and was a member of the Bærum school board 1918-24.[1]


The Norwegian National Women's Council (Norske Kvinners Nasjonalråd) was founded in 1904 as an umbrella organization for the various Norwegian women's associations. She served as a member of the organization together with fellow rights activists Betzy Kjelsberg, Fredrikke Marie Qvam, Gina Krog and Katti Anker Møller. [2][3]


She was a diligent writer in newspapers and magazines, in addition to translating books into Norwegian.
Among her works are ABC. Mi fyrste bok from 1921 and Regler og rim for barn from 1923.
In 1937, she completed Pedagogisk psykologi together with her daughter, Åse Gruda Skard.
[4][5]



Personal life


In 1898, she married the noted historian Halvdan Koht. They were the parents of psychologist Åse Gruda Skard and diplomat Paul Koht. Their grandchildren include Torild Skard, Målfrid Grude Flekkøy and Halvdan Skard. She died at Bærum during 1960 and was buried at Nordre gravlund in Oslo.



Selected works




  • Kvinnearbeid, 1908


  • Barna våre. Litt fra deres sjeleliv, 1929


  • Norske kvinners nasjonalråd 25 år, 1929


  • Farmor fortel for dei minste, 1960



References





  1. ^ "Bærums nye kommunestyre". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 26 October 1922. p. 1..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Norske Kvinners Nasjonalråd". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved February 1, 2018.


  3. ^ Elisabeth Lønnå. "Norske Kvinners Nasjonalråd". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.


  4. ^ "Karen Elisabeth Grude Koht". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 May 2011.


  5. ^ Skard, Torild. "Karen Grude Koht". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 May 2011.




Related reading


  • Agerholt, Anna Caspari (1973) Den norske kvinnebevegelses historie (Oslo: Gyldendal)
    ISBN 8205058776








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