Personal life and education

She was born in Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 as a daughter of Mikkel Dobloug (1844–1913) and his wife Susanna, née Baashuus (1851–1931). She finished her secondary education with a private exam at Gjertsen's School in 1897. She later studied philology, but the studies were interrupted because of marriage.

In October 1900 in Kristiania she married Rolf Thommessen

Rolf Thommessen

Rolf Thommessen was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and politician. He edited the newspaper Tidens Tegn from 1917 to 1938...

. The couple eventually moved to Bærum

Bærum

is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....

, first to Ringstabekk

Ringstabekk

Ringstabekk is a district in Bærum, Norway. Named after the local farm, the district is also known for its schools and the sports field. The sports club Stabæk IF originates in the area.-The farm:...

. From 1908 they lived in Evje

Evje, Akershus

Evje is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Its population is 4,010....

. At Evje farm they had one horse, two cattle, two pigs and 27 chicken. Anne Thommessen's marriage with Rolf Thommessen was dissolved in 1938.

Through this marriage Anne was a daughter-in-law of Ola Thommessen

Ola Thommessen

Ola Thommessen was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was the long-time editor of Verdens Gang and Tidens Tegn.-Early and personal life:...

, one of Norway's most important newspaper editors. Anne and Rolf had one adopted daughter and six children of their own; born between 1901 and 1913. The youngest son, Olaf

Olaf D. Thommessen

-Personal life:He was the youngest son of Anne and Rolf Thommessen, and thus a paternal grandson of Ola Thommessen and maternal grandson of Mikkel Dobloug....

, was the father-in-law of Annette Thommessen. Their second youngest daughter Susanna was married to Harald Hals from 1932 to 1945.

Career

Anne Thommessen received political positions already in the 1910s, while it was still uncommon for women to hold such positions. She was a member of Bærum school board from 1917 to 1926, and a member of Bærum municipal council from 1919 to 1925. After a hiatus she stood for election

Norwegian local elections, 1931

-Result of municipal elections:Results of the 1931 municipal elections....

 again in 1931, and became a deputy council member for the following term.

In 1933 she joined Arbeidsfylkingen, serving as a member of a women's fundraising committee. Arbeidsfylkingen was an organization to combat unemployment, founded in 1932 by Walter Fyrst, who in 1933 became a prominent member of Nasjonal Samling.