Prableen Kaur

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Prableen Kaur (born 20 March 1993) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

She is from Romsås and of Punjabi Sikh descent. [1] She was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo in 2013. As Hadia Tajik from Oslo was a member of the outgoing Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet, Kaur met as a regular representative during the two weeks before the cabinet change. [2] As of 2016, she had declined [being a candidate] for [the parliamentary] election [in 2017]. [3]

In 2011, she survived the Utøya massacre. She was deputy leader of the Oslo Workers' Youth League, [4] a post she left in February 2012. [5] In the 2011 Norwegian local elections she was elected into Oslo city council, as the youngest representative ever. [6] The Norwegian magazine Ny Tid voted Kaur as "Norwegian of the year 2011". [7]

She attended Oslo Cathedral School. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Fossheim, Kenneth (23 July 2011). "– Det var et helvete". Groruddalen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Prableen Kaur" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  3. ↑ "En blendahvit liste for Ap i hovedstaden, vil være lite kledelig".
  4. ↑ ""Han ladet. Skjøt mer. Han skjøt de rundt meg. Jeg ble liggende. Jeg tenkte: Nå er det over"". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Vegard Wennesland valgt til leder i Oslo AUF" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency . Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Rasch, Jonas S. (14 September 2011). "Valgt inn i bystyret etter at hun kjempet seg gjennom Utøya-marerittet". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Derfor er de "Årets Nordmenn"". Ny Tid (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "Prableen Kaur (1993) - Arbeiderpartiet". Biografi (in Norwegian). Oslo Kommune Bystyret. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2014.


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