Gro Harlem Brundtland started out as a doctor. Climbing the ranks, she became Norway’s first female Prime Minister. Now, new show “Power Play” takes a closer look at her way to the top.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Gro Harlem Brundtland M.D. was a Director General for the World Health Organization with 13 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1987 Speech as a ...

In 1981 Brundtland was elected Prime Minister at the age of only 42 - Norway's youngest Prime Minister and the first woman in the post. One of the first things she did was to introduce a 40% quota ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. Gro Harlem Brundtland says inequality and climate change need urgent attention worldwide. The former Prime Minister of Norway spoke in Minneapolis at ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Gro Harlem Brundtland M.D. is a Special Envoy for Climate Change in the United Nations with 12 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1987 Speech as ...

Brundtland gained a reputation for speaking out. In 1994 she spoke out at the World Population Conference in Cairo. Her speech was considered highly controversial as she spoke with great ...

In Brundtland's family, politics was seen as important: her father, who was a doctor, twice served as a government Minister. At the age of seven, she was enrolled as a member of the Norwegian ...