Augusta Aasen | |
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Born | Augusta Paasche 19 May 1878 |
Died | 3 August 1920 | (aged 42)
Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis |
Occupation | Politician |
Years active | 1908-1920 |
Political party | Labour Party |
Children | Arne Paasche Aasen |
Augusta Aasen, née Paasche (19 May 1878 – 3 August 1920) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
She was born in Osen as a daughter of Fredrik Christian Paasche and Pauline Sivertsdatter Vaagen. [1] Together with book printer Edolf Aasen (1877–1969), she had a son Arne Paasche Aasen, a well-known poet. [2] [3]
She hailed from Steinkjer, and was a member of Trondhjem city council from 1908 to 1911. [4] She was the first female council member in Norway's third largest city. [1] She then moved to Kristiania and was a secretary in Norges Socialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund from 1912 to 1914. She also worked in the newspaper Direkte Aktion. [4]
Politically, she was a board member of Kristiania Labour Party, [4] and a deputy board member of the central board. [5] In 1920, she was the only female Norwegian delegate to the Second Comintern Congress. [6] Here she died at the airport when she was hit by an airplane propeller. [5] She was buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis (Mass Grave No. 9) as the only Norwegian woman buried there. [1]