Gretha Kant

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Gretha Kant (born 20 August 1945) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

She started her political career in the 1970s, and has been a member of Moss city council and Østfold county council. In 1995 she became mayor of Moss, the first female in the position and the first non-Labour mayor in 68 years. She survived the next election and served as mayor for eight years.{{cite news|url=http://kommunal-rapport.no/artikkel/ikke_sjuende_mor_i_huset|title=Ikke sjuende mor i huset|last=Holmquist|first=Tone|date=8 June 2005|work=Kommunal Rapport|language=Norwegian|accessdate=14 September 2013}}

She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Østfold during the term 2001–2005. In total she met during 11 days of parliamentary session.{{stortingetbio|GREK}} She has chaired the Railway Forum East, which is a lobby group for railway lines east of Oslo such as the Østfold Line.{{cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/ostfold/gretha-kant-ikke-fornoyd-med-ntp-1.8016288|title=– Dette kan vi ikke godta|last=Nordli|first=Sebastian|date=29 February 2012|publisher=NRK Østfold|language=Norwegian|accessdate=14 September 2013}} She has also been county leader of the Norwegian Horticulture Society.