Marie Borge Refsum

{{Short description|Norwegian politician (1927–2023)}}

Marie Borge Refsum (20 March 1927 – 16 February 2023) was a Norwegian politician, who served as a member of the Conservative Party.

Refsum served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus during the term 1973–1977.{{stortingetbio|MARF}}

On the local level, she was a member of the executive committee of Asker municipal council, having been elected in the so-called "women's coup" where four women (Tove Billington Bye, Berit Ås, Marie Borge Refsum and Kari Bjerke Andreassen) led a successful campaign to get women elected to the municipal council.{{cite news |first=Elin Reffhaug |last=Johansen |title=Firerbanden er blitt tre |work=Budstikka |date=20 May 2008 |language=Norwegian }}

Refsum died on 16 February 2023, at the age of 95.{{cite web |title=Marie Borge Refsum |url=https://sagabegravelse.vareminnesider.no/memorial_page/memorial_page_ads.php?order_id=4144932&set_site_id=711&cat=ads&sign=54ef02f58299f04f4405a29e3ac3c1ee |website=SAGA Begravelsesbyrå |access-date=23 February 2023}} Among her grandchildren are the political scientist Francesca R. Jensenius and music technologist Alexander Refsum Jensenius.

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