Editing Gro Harlem Brundtland (section)

==Early life==
Brundtland was born in [[Oslo]] in 1939, the daughter of physician and politician [[Gudmund Harlem]] and Inga Margareta Elisabet Brynolf (1918–2005). She has a younger brother, Lars and a younger sister, [[Hanne Harlem|Hanne]].

In 1963, Brundtland graduated with a medical degree, a [[cand.med.]] from the [[University of Oslo]]. She took her master's degree at [[Harvard University]] in 1965, as a [[Master of Public Health]].

From 1966 to 1969, she worked as a physician at the [[Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs|Directorate of Health]] (''Helsedirektoratet''), and from 1969 she worked as a doctor in Oslo's public school health service.