Nini Haslund Gleditsch

Nini Haslund Gleditsch (28 June 1908 – 25 July 1996) was a Norwegian political activist and advocate for peace.

Personal life Nini (née Ingrid Margaret Haslund) was born in Moss as the daughter of deputy education officer Johannes Emmanuel Haslund and Aagot Mathilde Løken. She married fellow Mot Dag activist and geodesist Kristian Gleditsch in 1934. They were the parents of Nils Petter Gleditsch. Her sister-in-law was Ellen Gleditsch, radiochemist and Norway's second female professor.

Nini Haslund Gleditsch died in Oslo in 1996.

World War II During World War II, she participated in the flight of the Norwegian National Treasury to England in 1940, on the stage between Åndalsnes and Tromsø. One third of the gold was sent with the British cruiser HMS Galatea from Åndalsnes to the United Kingdom, while 24 trucks brought the rest to Molde. During the transport, Driva was attacked by German bombers, but managed to escape from the bombs. She then worked for Minister Anders Frihagen at the Ministry of Trade in Balsfjord Municipality. When Terje Wold took over the Ministry, Haslund Gleditsch started working for Trygve Lie at the Ministry of Supply. She followed the British cruiser from Tromsø to Greenock in Scotland, along with part of the Norwegian Government and the Norwegian royal family.

Post-war career In the 1950s, while a housewife with young children, she was active in feminist organizations, and also co-edited the magazine Kvinnen og Tiden from 1953 to 1955. Along with her husband, she wrote the memoir book Glimt fra kampårene, published in 1954. She worked with the Statistics Norway from 1960 to 1978. She was a co-founder of the political publishing house Pax Forlag in 1964. In her older days, she was active in the anti-nuclear organization Bestemødre mot atomvåpen (Grandmothers against nuclear weapons).

Selected books (with Kristian Gleditsch)