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Hege Søfteland (born 25 July 1959) is a Norwegian nationalist politician and immigration opponent.

A former member of the Conservative Party and Progress Party, [1] she has since the late 1980s been present in numerous anti-immigration, far-right and nationalist parties. She was a member of Stop Immigration until 1989 when she was excluded together with Erik Gjems-Onstad and her cohabitant Torfinn Hellandsvik. [2] For the 1991 election she led the short-lived National Democrats, and was later active in the National Alliance, [3] as well as the organization Norwegian League. [4] She is currently a member of the Democrats, and ran for the 2009 election as the party's 7th candidate in Oslo. [5]

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  2. ↑ Austenå, Ann-Magrit; Eriksen, Thor Gjermund (5 December 1997). "Fortsatt FRP-kontakt med rasister - FMI og Frp står for det samme". Dagbladet.
  3. ↑ "Brunt grums". SOS Rasisme. 14 August 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Norway". Institute for Jewish Policy Research and American Jewish Committee. 2001. Archived from the original on 2009-09-22.
  5. ↑ "Hege Søfteland". TV2.
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