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# Gro Harlem Brundtland

(1939)   Politician   Norway

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Gro Harlem Brundtland is a politician from Norway, best known for *Madam Prime Minister*.

## Quick Facts About Gro Harlem Brundtland

Born April 20, 1939

Nationality Norway

Profession Politician

Notable works Madam Prime Minister

Spouse Arne Olav Brundtland

## About Gro Harlem Brundtland

Gro Harlem Brundtland is a Norwegian former physician and politician of the Labour Party, who served three terms as the prime minister of Norway, as the leader of her party from 1981 to 1992, and as the director-general of the World Health Organization from 1998 to 2003. She is also known for having chaired the Brundtland Commission which presented the Brundtland Report on sustainable development.

## Awards & Honors

doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Health doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University Honorary Doctor at Karolinska Institutet honorary doctor of the University of Tromso honorary doctor of the University of Miami Charlemagne Prize Catalonia International Prize

Show 12 more awards Medal of honor Dag Hammarskjold Peer Gynt Literary Award Global Economy Prize Indira Gandhi Peace Prize Albert Medal Blue Planet Prize Fredrikke Award Tang Prize Årets budeie Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want King Harald V's Jubilee Medal 1991–2016 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

##  Quotes by Gro Harlem Brundtland · Page 2

> [We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food and other companies to address diet and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gro-harlem-brundtland/we-are-also-in-the-process-of-defining-how-best-to-work-together-with/)

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> [Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gro-harlem-brundtland/sustainable-development-is-development-that-meets-the-needs-of-the/)

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> [During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gro-harlem-brundtland/during-my-nearly-five-years-as-director-general-of-who-high-level/)

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> [Let me first say that I don't think the millennium target of cutting global poverty in half is an impossible or abstract…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gro-harlem-brundtland/let-me-first-say-that-i-don-t-think-the-millennium-target-of-cutting/)

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> [In the face of an absolutely unprecedented emergency, society has no choice but to take dramatic action to avert a collapse of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gro-harlem-brundtland/in-the-face-of-an-absolutely-unprecedented-emergency-society-has-no/)

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> [More than ever before, there is a global understanding that long-term social, economic, and environmental development would be impossible without healthy families,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gro-harlem-brundtland/more-than-ever-before-there-is-a-global-understanding-that-long-term/)

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> [A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gro-harlem-brundtland/a-safe-and-nutritionally-adequate-diet-is-a-basic-individual-right/)

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> [The launch of the report coincides with the initiation by WHO of the global strategy for the prevention and control of osteoporosis,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gro-harlem-brundtland/the-launch-of-the-report-coincides-with-the-initiation-by-who-of-the/)

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## Gro Harlem Brundtland by topic

[Health (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/health/gro-harlem-brundtland/)

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