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Born in Oslo as a daughter of Gudmund Harlem, Brundtland was educated as a medical doctor ( cand. med.

) at the University of Oslo in 1963, and Master of Public Health at Harvard University in 1965.

From 1966 to 1969, she worked as a physician at the Directorate of Health ( Helsedirektoratet ), and from 1969 she worked as a doctor in Oslo's public school health service.

She was Norwegian Minister for Environmental Affairs from 1974 to 1979 and became Norway's first, and to date only, female Prime Minister.

She served as Prime Minister from February to October in 1981.