Ragnhild Rød, née Ragnhild Gunnerson Welhaven (22 August 1884 – 22 October 1967[1]) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

She was born in Kristiania as a son of clergyman Sven Rudolf Gunnerson (1844–1904) and Elise Margrethe Cammermeyer Welhaven (1850–1936).[2] Her father had americanized his name from Gundersen to Gunnerson, while working as a theologian in the United States. Her maternal grandmother was Anthone Johanne Holmboe, a daughter of Michael Wide Holmboe.[3] As such Ragnhild Rød was a great-great-granddaughter of Jens Holmboe.[4] Her maternal grandfather was Johan Ernst Welhaven Jr. (1818–1883), a brother of Maren, Elisabeth and Johan Sebastian Welhaven. Ragnhild Rød was a second cousin of her father's cousin's daughter Sigri Welhaven.[5][6]

Rød was a member of Halden city council from 1931 to 1940, and also after the Second World War. She was a member of the school board from 1926 to 1928 and 1932 to 1938, and of the cinematographer's board from 1938 to 1940 and after the war. She was a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from the Market towns of Østfold and Akershus counties during the term 1937–1945, and met briefly in the place of Robert Rafn.[2]

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  1. ^ "Fru Ragnhild Rød er død". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 23 October 1967. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Ragnhild Rød" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  3. ^ Genealogy
  4. ^ Genealogy (vestraat.net)
  5. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Welhaven". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  6. ^ Aarnes, Sigurd Aa. "Johan Sebastian Welhaven". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 September 2010.