Gerd Søraa
Gerd Søraa was a Norwegian writer and politician for the Liberal People's Party.
She served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag for the joint list of the Centre Party, the Christian Democratic Party, the Liberal Party and her own party during the term 1977-1981.
In 1980 she became the first female party leader of the Liberal People's Party, and held this position to 1982.
As a writer she was the editor-in-chief for the newspapers Nidaros and Trønderbladet. She authored two novels and books about local history. Søraa died a month before her 84th birthday, on March 8, 2018, possibly from natural causes.
