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Gunvor " Vesla" Vetlesen (née Hansen, 19 October 1930 – 21 August 2024) was a Norwegian Weaving, trade unionist, writer and politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of International Development from 1986 to 1988.
Vetlesen worked as a weaver from 1951, and left Norway to teach weaving in Uganda in 1968, where her husband worked for the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. After some years in Uganda, they returned to Norway. Vesla Vetlesen was a journalist for the European Movement for one year before working in Arbeidernes Opplysningsforbund. She then worked as a secretary for humanitarian organizations; Save the Children from 1973 to 1975 and Norwegian People's Aid from 1975 to 1980, before working in the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1980 to 1986 and 1988 to 1994. From 1986 to 1988 she served as Norway's Minister of Development Cooperation in Brundtland's Second Cabinet. Her only elected political position was as borough council member in Vestli from 1973 to 1977.
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. She wrote several books. She was also interested in flowers in her later life, chairing the Norwegian Orchid Society from 1989 to 1998.
Vetlesen died on 21 August 2024, at the age of 93.
Categories: 1930 Births, 2024 Deaths, People From Farsund, Oslo National Academy Of The Arts Alumni, Communist Party Of Norway Politicians, Labour Party Politicians, Norwegian Trade Unionists, Ministers Of International Development Of Norway, Norwegian Non-fiction Writers, Norwegian Women Non-fiction Writers, Women Government Ministers Of Norway, Norwegian Women Trade Unionists
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