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with her husband between 1962 and 1976. She was a member of the national management of the Danish
Agricultural Youth, and took part in the production of the first non-academic agricultural examination called The Green Certificate between 1968 and 1976. Andersen was diagnosed with skin cancer in 1973,
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Randers City Council in 1993. In 1994, she joined the board of the OK Foundation which constructs and operates nursing homes for senior citizens in Denmark and became its chair in 2002. Andersen resigned from Randers City Council on 31
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on 8 February of that year. From 1999, she served as a member of the
Parkinson's Association's primary board, a member of each of Jysk Børneforsorg, Café Lytten, the Health Insurance Fund and a member of the board of representatives of Randen Cooperative Fund.
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and took some time off work to undergo surgery to remove the tumours the following year. Locally, she took part in child and youth work as chair of the upper secondary school board and as a school commission member from 1972 to 1980.
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as a social consultant, where she worked part-time from 1983 to 1990. Andersen began advising farmers at
Randers Agricultural Center from 1985. That same year, she stood for election to represent the
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on 12 December of that year, Andersen successfully stood for election to the
Folketing in the Aarhus County constituency. Five days later, she was contacted by Venstre party secretary
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In 1974, Andersen was employed as a course leader and teacher at
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three years later. From 29 November 1988 to 30 November 1990, she served as a deputy member of the
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