From 1959 to 1963, she worked as a primary school teacher in
Frederiksberg. Larsen was chair of the Viby School Board between 1966 and 1970 and served as chair of the Mesinge School Board from 1966 to 1978. She was the author of
Reflekslys in 1967 and
Pragtfulde dage in 1970. She graduated from
Odense University with a
Candidate of Philosophy in 1974. Larsen became a secondary school teacher at Fyns Studenterkursus and in Odense from 1974 to 1978. She also wrote three collections of Christmas stories between 1978 and 1980. Larsen was a member of the Board of Representatives of both the
Danish Arts Foundation and the
Danish Cultural Institute and was a bureau member of the Osteoporosis Association. Between 1982 and 1989, she was a member of the Kerteminde Museum's board, and the board of
Odense Teater. Larsen was elected as a member of the Kerteminde City Council for the
Venstre political party in 1974 and she stood down from the council 15 years later. She was chair of the Education and Culture Committee of Kerteminde City Council between 1978 and 1986. Larsen stood on the Funen County Council from 1978 to 1989. Between 1986 and 1989, she was a board member of the County Council Association's board, the Health Insurance Negotiating Committee, the supervisory board of the Municipal Audit Department and the primary board of the Venstre political party. Larsen was the national chairperson of the from 1988 to 1989 and also had a five-year stint as chair of the Liberal Enlightenment Association in
Kerteminde-
Munkebo. She was author of the book
Digtning og Dansk in 1987,
Jul på borgen four years later, and
Familiekundskab – en levende bog om livet in 1994. At the
1988 Danish general election, she unsuccessfully stood for election to represent the constituency in the
Folketing. Larsen also stood to represent the constituency at the
1990 Danish general election and was again unsuccessful. She was appointed to the
Minister of Health from 7 December 1989 and remained in the role until she resigned the ministership on 25 January 1993 during the final two government cabinets of Prime Minister
Poul Schlüter. At the
1994 Danish general election on 21 September of that year, Larsen won election to represent the constituency in the Folketing. From 1994 to 1998, she was chair of the Folketing's Health Committee and was chair of between 1998 and 2005. Larsen served a second term on the County Council Association's board from 1994 and on the supervisory board of the Municipal Audit Department from 1998 to 2005. She was the cultural spokesperson of Venstre from 2001 to 2005. Larsen left the Folketing at the
2005 Danish general election which was held on 8 February 2005. ==Personal life and death==