Jeanette Olsen

Jeanette Martine Olsen (22 October 1873 – 23 September 1959) was a Norwegian editor and politician for the Labour and Communist parties.

Her first political position was as leader of the local women's branch in Skien Labour Party from 1907 to 1912.

[1] She was a national board member of the Labour Party from 1918 to 1923, and was a delegate at the Third Comintern Congress in 1921, but in September 1923 she was excluded for half a year for writing an "open letter" to Martin Tranmæl,[1] in which she stated that if not Tranmæl subordinated himself to Comintern, he would pave way for Fascism.

She joined the Revolusjonære fagopposisjon, Clarté and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

She rejoined the Communist Party in 1936, but was excluded after three months (in September) for defending Lev Trotsky.