Anna Rogstad

Anna Georgine Rogstad (26 July 1854 – 8 November 1938) was a Norwegian politician, women's rights activist and educator.

An electoral reform in 1907 gave voting rights to women who could show a certain level of economic affluence.

Even though universal suffrage was not introduced until 1913, this reform also allowed women to be elected for political office.

[3] In 1911 Rogstad became the first woman in Norwegian history to sit in Parliament (Stortinget), as a deputy representative of Jens Bratlie.

[2] The event was met with great public attention, and people who could not fit into the viewing galleries gathered outside the Parliament building.

[4] The President of the assembly, Johan Magnus Halvorsen, said in a special address that, even though there had been much debate over the reforms, he was convinced that the outcome would be favourable for the nation.

[4] Rogstad held her first speech on the floor of the Parliament after only five days, when she argued for a cut in the defence budget, because she believed that all conflicts should be solved by arbitration.