Marit Svarva Henriksen


Marit Svarva Henriksen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
She was born in Skogn. She attended folk high school, worked for Televerket in Skogn for 25 years before being hired by Stjørdal Municipality in 1966. She later attended the Nordic folk high school in Geneva as well as several other courses.
She was elected as a local politician in Skogn, later Levanger, together with her twin sister, and was also a member of Nord-Trøndelag county council. She finished her service in Levanger city council in 2003. She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag during the terms 1958–1961, 1961–1965 and 1969–1973. In total she met during 10 days of parliamentary session.
She also became known as head of the jury in the 1983 court case against serial killer Arnfinn Nesset.