removed. In 1907 limited parliamentary suffrage for women was effected, Norway thus being the first European country to take such a step. In 1910 women were also granted municipal suffrage. In 1911 the first woman member — Anna Rogstad, an Oslo teacher — was returned to the Storting. In 1913 general parliamentary and municipal suffrage was adopted for women on the same conditions as for men. Women lost no time in playing a very active part at political elections. On women being granted full municipal suffrage in 1910, 61:6 per cent. of the qualified women registered their votes in urban centres and 26-2 per cent. in rural districts. At the parliamentary election in 1915, the first election at which women had the full parliament- ary franchise, 50 per cent. of the women on the register recorded their votes. At the parliamentary election in 1930 this percentage was 74. (Of eligible men voters 81:46 per cent recorded their votes on that occasion.) Women have not formed any political party of their own — they vote with the existing political parties, which include both men and women. The various women’s organisations for the safe- guarding of women’s special interests are still maintained. The greatest and most important of these is the Norske Kvinners Nationalraad, (National Council of Norwegian Women), formed in 1904 (member of the I.C.W.), whose chairman is Mrs. Betsy Kjelsberg (elected in 1922). 164