Gro Harlem Brundtland

A politician of unusual popularity, Gro Harlem Brundtland was Norway's first woman prime minister. Born in Oslo, the daughter of a doctor who later became a cabinet minister, Gro Harlem studied medicine in Oslo and qualified as a physician. In 1960 she married Arne Olav Brundtland, a leader of the opposition Conservative Party; the couple have four...