2003/09/01
| 1839 | "Feeble women over the age of 40, who were otherwise unable to make a living" are allowed to become master craftsmen. |
| 1842 | All women who were not provided for, are given the right to conduct business: "Widows, wives living completely separate from their husbands, and unmarried spinsters, when regarded as being of legal age by concession of the King." |
| 1845 | Unmarried women over the age of 25 are given the same rights by law as "male persons who have not attained majority". |
| 1854 | The same rights of inheritance for sons and daughters. Before this date, sons inherited twice as much as their sisters. |
| 1858 | The telephone and telegraph administration is opened to women, as first among the public services. |
| 1860 | Women are allowed to be employed as teachers in rural primary schools. In 1869 they were given the same right in city schools. |
| 1863 | Unmarried women over the age of 25 attain majority like adult men, but lost this authority when they married. |
| 1866 | Women are given the same rights as men to carry on a trade. |
| 1869 | Unmarried women attain majority at the same age as men, 21 years. |
| 1874 | Charlotte Lund takes the middle school examination in Stavanger, and 2 years afterwards the Ministry stated: "there appears to be no obstacle preventing" young women from taking the middle school examination. |
| 1875 | "The Women's School of Arts and Handicrafts" opens in Christiania. |
| 1882 | Women are given the right to take the "artium" (university entrance) examination, and Cecilie Thoresen became the first woman student. |
| 1884 | Women are given the right to study and take the final examination at all faculties of the University. After completing the examination, women could open practice as physicians and dentists, but in other respects could not have access to public offices for which they were qualified. |
| The Women's Rights Association is founded. | |
| 1885 | The Women's Suffrage Association is founded, with Gina Krog as chairman. |
| Ragna Nielsen establishes the first integrated school for girls and boys. | |
| 1887 | Public prostitution is banned in Norway. |
| 1888 | A new Marriage Act is passed by which married women retain their majority and have the right to separate ownership. |
| 1889 | Women are allowed to sit on School Boards. |
| Girls are allowed to "accompany" the boys in the 17th of May (National Day) parade in Oslo. | |
| Matchstick factory working women go on strike. | |
| 1895 | Women are allowed to vote for the first time. This applied to a referendum in the municipalities concerning the sale of spirits. |
| 1898 | The National Women's Suffrage Association is founded, with Frederikke Marie Qvam as chairman. |
| 1900 | Women are allowed to sit on the "Poor Relief Board" in the municipalities. |
| 1901 | Women are given a limited right to vote, and could be elected in the municipalities. |
| 1906 | Mathilde Schjødt becomes the first woman to obtain a Norwegian official post. |
| 1907 | Women are given a limited right, depending on income, to vote in the general elections for the national assembly (Norwegian Storting). |
| 1910 | Women receive a general right to vote in municipal elections. |
| 1911 | Anna Rogstad takes her seat as first woman member of the Storting. (She was originally deputy member). |
| 1912 | A new law gives women right of access to most public offices, but not to the clergy or to diplomatic, military and Cabinet Ministerial appointments. |
| 1913 | All women receive the right to vote in the general elections! |
| Katti Anker Møller proposes that § 245 of the Criminal Code be repealed. This threatened a woman with up to 3 years' imprisonment if she "in violation of the law kills her unborn child or is an accessory to such". The struggle for self-determined abortion has begun. | |
| 1915 | The Castberg Acts relating to children gives all children equal rights, irrespective of whether the parents are married or not. |
| 1920 | The phrase stating that wamen must obey their husbands is removed from the Marriage Service. |
| 1922 | Women are allowed to become Cabinet ministers. |
| Karen Platou becomes the first woman elected to the Storting in her own right. | |
| 1924 | The first Health Centre for mothers is established in Oslo. |
| 1925 | Åsa Helgesen becomes the first woman Mayor, in Utsira. The Municipal Board consist of 11 women (elected from a special list of women), and 1 man. |
| 1927 | A new Marriage Act gives in principle, equal economic and legal rights to husband and wife. |
| 1936 | The Worker Protection Act gives the mother right to leave of absence from work 6 weeks before and 6 weeks after birth, and stipulates that she could demand to return to her job after taking this leave. |
| 1937 | An Act is adopted introducing a mandatory maintenance allowance to the spouse in cases ofdivorce. |
| 1938 | Women are given general access to public offices, but appointment to the clergy has to be approved by the Church Council. |
| 1939 | The High Court decides that marriage does not constitute grounds for dismissal. (Married women's right to paid employment was a controversial issue discussed with particular vehemence during the interwar period of mass unemployment). |
| 1945 | Kirsten Hansteen becomes the first woman member ofthe Cabinet. She was consultative member for care of prisoners and refugees, in the coalition government. |
| 1948 | Aslaug Aasland is made Minister of Health and Social Affairs, and is the first woman to administer a Ministry. |
| 1950 | A new Citizenship Act. Women retain their Norwegian citizenship on marrying foreigners. But children of a Norwegian mother and a foreign father are given the father's nationality. |
| 1952 | The clergy becomes fully open to women. |
| 1956 | The Ministry of Family and Consumer Affairs is established. |
| The special Act concerning women's access to public office is repealed. | |
| 1959 | An Act is passed allowing separate income tax assessment of husband and wife on certain conditions. |
| Girls and boys ofcompulsory school age are to have the same teaching and the same curriculum. | |
| Norway ratifies the ILO Convention no. 100 on equal pay, leading to the establishment of the Equal Pay Council. | |
| 1961 | Trade Unions / Norwegian Federation of Employers conclude a framework agreement for the implementation ofthe principle of equal wages. |
| The first woman vicar, Ingrid Bjerkås, is ordained. | |
| 1964 | A new Personal Names Act. Women are allowed to retain their maiden names upon marriage. The child takes the father's family name. |
| 1965 | Aase Lionæs becomes the first woman President in the Storting (vice-president in the Lagting) |
| 1966 | The National lnsurance Act. Better rights for unmarried mothers. |
| 1971 | Temporary Act concerning divorced / separated couples. (These provisions lasted for 10 years before being integrated into the National lnsurance Act). |
| The national curriculum for schools establishes that active efforts shall be made to promote equality between the sexes. | |
| 1972 | The Equal Status Council is established. |
| 1974 | The Act relating to Allodial Tenure is amended. Sons and daughters are equally placed with regard to the order of inheritance of allodial property. |
| 1975 | The Kindergarten Act. The municipalities are required to prepare a programme for the establishment and development of kindergartens. |
| 1977 | The Working Environment Act gives extended rights to maternity leave. |
| The National Insurance Act is amended to give 18 weeks paid leave (previously 12 weeks). | |
| A Family and Equal Status Department is established at the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Government Administration. | |
| NAVF's Secretariat for Research on Women is established. | |
| 1978 | The Act concerning Termination of Pregnancy allows women to make the final decision concerning the termination of pregnancy. |
| 1979 | The Equal Status Act enters into force, including a Gender Equality Ombudsman and an Appeals Board. |
| New provisions in the Marketing Act concerning sex discriminatory advertising. | |
| Citizenship Act amended. Children with a Norwegian mother (and foreign father) are from now on granted Norwegian citizenship. | |
| 1980 | Amendment to the Personal Names Act enters into force. A person on marrying, may choose to take the spouse's name as family name, or retain his and her own name. In the same way, parents may choose the children's family name. If the National Register is not informed within six months of birth, the child automatically takes the mother's name. |
| 1981 | Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes the first woman Prime Minister. |
| A new provision (§ 21) is added to the Equal Status Act requiring representation of both sexes on all public committees, boards, etc. | |
| The Government adopts the Action Plan to Promote Equal Status between the Sexes. (Proposition no. 122 to the Storting. 1980-81). | |
| 1982 | ILO-recommendation no. 165 and convention no. 156: Equal opportunities for women and equal treatment of women in working life: "Employees with family obligations", is ratified by the Storting. |
| Equal status agreements are included in the Main Agreement (Trade Union Federation / Employer's Federation), and in the agreements between the State on the one hand and the main confederations of trade unions and the Norwegian Union of Teachers on the other. | |
| New Parents' and Children Act. A common act for all children. The Act establishes parents' equal responsibility, and strengthens children's right to seif-determination and participation in decisions. | |
| 1985 | New rules in the Seamen's Act. The same minimum age of service for giris and boys. |
| 1986 | The Storting adopts a new Action Plan to Promote Equal Status (Proposition no. 69 to the Storting. 1984-85). |
| 1987 | Paid parental leave is extended from 18 to 20 weeks. |
| All ministries prepare their own Action Plan to Promote Equal Status. | |
| 1988 | Paid parental leave is extended from 20 to 22 weeks. |
| The Equal Status Act § 21 is strengthened. There must be at least 40 per cent representation of each sex in all public committees etc. | |
| 1989 | Paid parental leave is extended to 24 weeks. |
| 1990 | Paid parental leave is extended to 28 weeks (or 35 weeks with 80 per cent wage-compensation). |
| The constitutional Law is changed so that women can become heirs to the Norwegian Throne on the same terms as men (in force for those born after 1990). | |
| 1991 | Paid parental leave is extended to 2 + 30 weeks (or 2,2 + 38 weeks with 80 per cent wage-compensation). |
| New marriage Act. One spouse can demand separation without consent from the other spouse and without referring to the reason for the separation. | |
| 1992 | Paid parental leave is extended to 2 + 33 weeks (Or 2,2 + 42 with 80 per cent wage-compensation). |
| Changes in National insurance gives up to three pension points a year for unpaid care of children under seven years. | |
| Lucy Smith becomes the first woman rector of the University of Oslo. | |
| 1993 | Partnership Act allows homosexual couples to enter into a registered partnership. |
| Paid parental leave is extended to 3 + 39 weeks (or 3 + 49 weeks with 80 per cent wage-compensation). | |
| "Fathers quota" - four weeks of parental leave - is exclusively for the father, and is forfeited if the father does not utilise this right. | |
| A new "Time account scheme" enables parents to take portions of their paid parental leave in combination with part-time resumption of work. | |
| Permission to leave work to take care of a sick child is extended to cover children under 12 years (before 10 years). The number of days allowed of absence is extended from 10 to 15 days a year for parents with more than two children. | |
| The three largest political parties' candidates for Prime Ministership are women. | |
| Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl is chosen as the first woman to be President of the Storting (the second highest position in the Norwegian Constitution next to the King). | |
| 51 per cent of graduate students with higher degrees from university are women. | |
| The first woman bishop, Rosemarie Köhn is ordained. | |
| A new provision is added to the Municipal Act indicating procedures to ensure 40 per cent representation of each sex in municipal committees, boards etc. | |
| 1994 | Sexual- and other forms of harassment is forbidden under the Working Environment Act. |
| 1995 | The right to unpaid parental leave is extended from one to three years. |
| 1997 | The Centre for Gender Equality is established. |
| As a preliminary arrangement women that are threatened by their ex-husbands can get an alarm directly linked to the police. |
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