Rachel Grepp

{{short description|Norwegian politician and journalist}}

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Rachel Catharina Helland Grepp, née Helland (5 March 1879 – 24 May 1961) was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party.

She was among the founders of Bergens Socialdemokratiske Ungdomslag in 1902. From 1923 to 1945 she was a journalist in Arbeiderbladet, a member of Oslo city council as well as international secretary and member of the women's secretariat in the Labour Party.{{cite web|url=http://www.arbeiderpartiet.no/Om-AP/Politikere/Biografier/Grepp-Rachel|language=Norwegian|title=Grepp, Rachel|publisher=Norwegian Labour Party|accessdate=12 March 2009}} These positions were de facto suspended from 1940 due to the German occupation of Norway.

She was the Labour Party's eighth ballot candidate in the 1924 parliamentary election{{stort24}} and the eighth ballot candidate in the 1927 election. This time she was elected as fourth deputy.{{stort27}}

She was married to Kyrre Grepp (1879–1922). Their daughter Gerda Grepp (1907–1940) was a Spanish Civil War correspondent,{{cite book |title=Tusen dager. Norge og den spanske borgerkrigen 1936-1939 |first=Jo Stein |last=Moen |first2=Rolf |last2=Sæther |pages=63–70 |chapter=Norges første kvinnelige krigsreporter |publisher=Gyldendal |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo |year=2009 }} their son Ole Grepp (1914–1976) was an actor,{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Ole Grepp|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Henriksen, Petter|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Ole_Grepp|language=Norwegian|accessdate=6 April 2010}} and their son Asle Grepp (1919–1945) was executed as a Norwegian World War II resistance member.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Grepp, Asle Helland|page=715|last=Ording|first=Arne |authorlink=Arne Ording|author2=Johnson, Gudrun |author3=Garder, Johan |encyclopedia=Våre falne 1939-1945|publisher=The State of Norway|location=Oslo|year=1949|volume=1|language=Norwegian|url=http://da2.uib.no/cgi-win/WebBok.exe?slag=lesside&bokid=vaarefalne1&sideid=715&storleik=|accessdate=6 April 2010}}{{cite book|last=Nøkleby|first=Berit|authorlink=Berit Nøkleby|title='Skutt blir den...'. Tysk bruk av dødsstraff i Norge 1940–45|publisher=Gyldendal|location=Oslo|year=1996|page=227|isbn=82-05-22173-1|language=Norwegian}}

A close friend of Alexandra Kollontai.