Gunvor "Vesla" Vetlesen (née Hansen, 19 October 1930 – 21 August 2024) was a Norwegian weaver, trade unionist, writer and politician for the Labour Party.
[1] Vetlesen was born in Farsund as a daughter of Peder Håkon Jarl Hansen (1890–1986) and Sigrid Berger (1898–1994).
[3] For a period during the German Occupation of Norway the family's home at Storhaug was the location for production of the illegal newspapers Stritt folk and Frihet.
[3][7] She finished her secondary education in 1949 and studied textile design at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1950 to 1954.
[2] Vetlesen was a board member of the United Nations Association of Norway from 1982 to 1984, and chaired the European Movement in Oslo from 2000 to 2001.