Guri Tambs-Lyche

Guri Tambs-Lyche (20 September 1917 – 13 March 2008) was a Norwegian activist for international solidarity and women's rights.

Biography She was born in Trondheim as a daughter of Ralph Tambs-Lyche (1890–1991) and Else Alvilde Rasmussen (1896–1966). Her father was a mathematician and Mot Dag affiliate, and from an early age Guri Tambs-Lyche was influenced by her father's speeches in the Student Society in Trondheim. Her mother was a pioneer in maternal hygiene work. Her father later became a professor.

She studied technical drawing at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry, and joined the Workers' Youth League while studying. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany she was a member of the resistance movement, as was her husband Wilhelm. Her job was to distribute illegal newspapers. After the war she first joined the Communist Party of Norway, and wrote in Friheten, but she was excluded in the aftermath of the Peder Furubotn case.