Norway
- Monarch - Margaret I - 1388
- Deputy member of the Norwegian Parliament - Anna Rogstad - 1911
- Member of the Norwegian Parliament - Karen Platou - 1921
- Mayor - Aasa Helgesen (in Utsira) - 1926
- Minister of Social Affairs - Kirsten Hansteen - 1945
- State Secretary - Elsa Rastad Bråten - 1971
- President of the Lagting - Torild Skard - 1973
- Minister of the Environment - Gro Harlem Brundtland - 1974
- County Governor - Ebba Lodden (in Aust-Agder) - 1974
- Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland - 1981
- President of the Odelsting - Åshild Hauan - 1985
- President of the Storting - Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl - 1993
- Governor of Svalbard - Ann-Kristin Olsen - 1995
- Minister of Defence - Eldbjørg Løwer - 2001
- Minister of Finance - Kristin Halvorsen - 2005
- Other political positions
- Party leader - Eva Kolstad (Liberal) - 1974
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