Lis Groes

At Haderslev Katedralskole in southern Jutland, where her mother was principal, she was active in the students' association.

[1] While studying political science at Copenhagen University, she was an active member of the students' association.

In 1936, she married her student colleague Ebbe Groes, and concentrated on raising a family of the nine children she had over the next 14 years.

[1] During the Second World War, she became president of the Danish Women's Society's youth circle, joining the central committee in 1943.

[1] Lis Groes died in Copenhagen on 12 March 1974, and is buried in Mariebjerg Cemetery in Gentofte.