Sofie Marhaug | |
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First Deputy Leader of the Red Party | |
Assumed office 24 May 2024 | |
Leader | Marie Sneve Martinussen |
Preceded by | Marie Sneve Martinussen |
Member of the Storting | |
Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
Constituency | Hordaland |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 May 1990 |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Political party | Red |
Domestic partner | Mímir Kristjánsson |
Occupation | Politician |
Sofie Marhaug (born 24 May 1990) is a Norwegian politician for the Red Party. She has been a member of the Storting for Hordaland since 2021 and first deputy leader of the party since 2024.
She has been a member of the Bergen municipal council since 2011 and been her party's group leader since 2017. [1]
In April 2024,both she and her partner Mímir Kristjánsson announced their candidacies for deputy leader of their party at the extraordinary convention to be held in May. [2] The party's electoral committee ultimately opted to suggest Marhaug as deputy leader ahead of the party convention,with Marie Sneve Martinussen as leader. [3] Her candidacy was challenged at the convention by Ravn Villtokt,but Marhaug merged victorious with a majority of votes. [4]
She was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Hordaland for the period 2021–2025,for the Red Party. [5] [1] There she sits on the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment and the Election Committee,on the former of which she also serves as second vice chair. [5]
In February 2024,she announced her nomination of Julian Assange for the Nobel Peace Prize,citing his vital role in exposing war crimes and contribution to peace. [6]
Marhaug was born on 24 May 1990. [1]
In August 2022,it was revealed that she had entered a relationship with fellow Red Party MP Mímir Kristjánsson. [7] In October 2023,she moved from her native Bergen to Stavanger in order to live with Kristjánsson. [8]
In 2024 she published the book Hjelp,de drar til Sveits!,written jointly with Mímir Kristjánsson. [1] [9]