Else Granheim


Else Granheim was a Norwegian librarian and civil servant.

Early and personal life

Granheim was born in Oslo to farmer Torstein Brevig and Ingeborg Hauge. After first living with her family in Enebakk, when her parents divorced, she moved with her mother to Trondheim when she was four years old. She married Harald Granheim in 1952.

Career

Granheim graduated as librarian in 1949, and was assigned as librarian at from 1950. Having held various positions at the institution, she was appointed as director from 1973 to 1991. She was widely engaged as board member and commission member within the library sector. From 1979 she served as president for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, and she was the first female president for this federation. She was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1989.