Background
She was born in Sandnes as a daughter of merchant Reier Kluge (1859–1921) and Anna Gausel (1863–1939).
She was born in Sandnes as a daughter of merchant Reier Kluge (1859–1921) and Anna Gausel (1863–1939).
She also chaired the Norwegian National Women"s Council from 1938, was ousted by the Nazi authorities in 1941 following the protest of the 43 and also imprisoned in Arkivet in 1944, but returned as chair from 1945 to 1946. After a period as acting presiding judge in 1945-1946, she conducted the defense for her pre-war client Knut Hamsun during the legal purge after World World War World War II She served as the first female chancellor of the Olav, from 1956 to 1967.