Inger-Marie Ytterhorn

{{Short description|Norwegian politician (1941–2021)}}

Inger-Marie Ytterhorn (18 September 1941 – 30 March 2021) was a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.

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Political career

Ytterhorn was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1989, but was not re-elected in 1993. She later served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1993–1997 and 1997–2001.{{cite web |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=INMY&tab=Biography |website=stortinget.no |title=Ytterhorn, Inger-Marie (1941-2021) |language=no |access-date=9 April 2021}}

Her husband Bjørn Erling Ytterhorn was also a member of the Norwegian Parliament.

She was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the body that awards The Nobel Peace Prize, for 18 years, from 2000 to 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/the-norwegian-nobel-committee-1901-2017/

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Awards

  • 2003 – Fjøslykta, an honorary prize awarded by the Progress Party.{{cite web |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/pa-tide-a-slukke-fjoslykta/s/12-95-3423588881

|website=nettavisen.no |title=På tide å slukke fjøslykta |first=Erik |last=Stephansen |date=4 February 2019 |language=no |access-date=6 April 2021}}

Death

Ytterhorn died on 30 March 2021, 79 years old.{{cite web |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/tidligere-frp-politiker-dode/73606635 |website=dagbladet.no |title=Tidligere Frp-politiker døde |date=5 April 2021 |language=no |access-date=6 April 2021}} – "Wednesday before Easter".

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