Edel Hætta Eriksen


Edel Hætta Eriksen is a Norwegian schoolteacher and politician.
She was born in Guovdageaidnu Kautokeino to Klemet Klemetsen Hætta and midwife Berit Karen Olsdatter Erke. She worked as schoolteacher from 1949 to 1969, and headmaster from 1969 to 1977. She was appointed as the first director of, from 1977 to 1989. She was a board member of the Norwegian Sami Association 1968-1975, a member of the Saami Council from 1956 to 1963 and from 1974 to 1977, and a member of the Arts Council Norway. She was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1988.

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