Werna Gerhardsen

Who is Werna Gerhardsen?

Werna Julie Gerhardsen, née Koren Christie was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, best known as the wife of Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen.

She was a daughter of Johan Werner Koren Christie and Klara Rønning. She married Einar Gerhardsen in October 1932. She was a sister-in-law of Rolf Gerhardsen. They had the son Rune Gerhardsen and the granddaughter Mina Gerhardsen.

She was a member of Oslo school board, and Oslo city council from 1947. She was also a board member of the Norwegian National Opera and the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre, a supervisory council member of the National Theatre and a council member of Oslo Nye Teater.