Torstein Dahle is a Norwegian politician and economist. He works at the Bergen University College and represents Red Party in the city council of Bergen. Dahle was born in Oslo.
Turid Birkeland was a Norwegian cultural executive and former politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of Culture in 1996–97. She was an author and also worked in television,including being chief of cultural programming at NRK and a member of the board at Telenor. She also headed the Risør Chamber Music Festival,and was the director of Concerts Norway.
Anniken Scharning Huitfeldt is a Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party. She served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2023,and previously Minister of Children and Equality from 2008 to 2009,Minister of Culture from 2009 to 2012 and Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion from 2012 to 2013.
Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide is a Norwegian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2021,the first woman to hold the position. Previously,she was the Minister of Defence from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Conservative Party,she was elected in 2005 as a member of the Storting for Oslo. Søreide was appointed Norway's Foreign Minister on 20 October 2017. She succeeded Børge Brende.
The Red Party is a communist political party in Norway. It was founded in March 2007 by a merger of the Red Electoral Alliance and the Workers' Communist Party. A Marxist party,it has been described as left-wing and far-left on the political spectrum. In its political programme,the Red Party sets the creation of a classless society to be its ultimate goal,which the party says is "what Karl Marx called communism". The party's other goals are replacing capitalism with socialism,an expansive public sector and nationalisation of large enterprises. It has a revolutionary socialist ideology,which aims towards new legislatures taking power on behalf of the workers,though the party does not support violent armed revolution as espoused by its predecessors in the 1970s and 1980s. It strongly opposes Norway becoming a member of the European Union.
Mari Eifring is a Norwegian politician of the Red Party. In 2012 she was elected the party's secretary. She was the leader of Red Youth from 2008 until 2010. She had been a member of Red Youth's Central Board since 2006.
Thomassen is a patronymic family name of Scandinavian and Dutch origin. It literally means "son of Thomas",i.e.,approximately corresponds to Thomson. Notable people with the name include:
Bjørnar is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
The Student Peace Prize is awarded biennially to a student or a student organization that has made a significant contribution to creating peace and promoting human rights. The Student Peace Prize (SPP) was established in 1999 –as an initiative by volunteers from the International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT). The prize is awarded on behalf of all Norwegian students,and is administrated by the Student Peace Prize Secretariat in Trondheim,which appoints a national nominations committee with representatives from universities and colleges in Norway,as well as an independent Peace Prize Committee that awards the prize. The award ceremony takes place during the International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT).
Aksel Hagen is a Norwegian politician and member of the Storting,representing the Socialist Left Party (SV) in the county of Oppland. He was elected to parliament following the 2009 parliamentary election by winning Oppland's leveling seat. He sits on the Standing Committee on Education,Research and Church Affairs.
Bjørnar Moxnes is a Norwegian politician and activist representing the left-wing political party,the Red Party in the Storting. Moxnes opposes the European Union,characterizing Norway's participation in the EEA as undemocratic. Moxnes describes himself as a socialist. He served as the leader of the Red Party from 2012 to 2023,when he resigned in the wake of stealing a pair of sunglasses from a shop at Oslo Airport Gardermoen. Moxnes had previously served as the party's deputy leader from 2010 to 2012.
Mohammad Reza Rezaee was a Norwegian-Iranian politician representing the Marxist,left-wing political party Red.
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 8 and 9 September 2013 to elect all 169 members of the unicameral Storting. The centre-right coalition obtained 96 seats,while the incumbent red–green coalition government obtained 72 seats and the Green Party obtained one. The Labour Party won the largest share (30.8%) of the votes cast,with the Conservatives coming second (26.8%),after increasing its share by 9.6 percentage points.
Veterans Day in Norway on May 8 was first observed in 2011. It recognizes the efforts of veterans of World War II,United Nations peacekeeping initiatives and other international operations.
Kjersti Stenseng is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party currently serving as the party secretary since 2015. She also served as a deputy member of the Storting from Oppland from 2013 to 2017.
Turid is a Norwegian feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Marie Sneve Martinussen is a Norwegian musician and politician representing the Red Party. She has represented Akershus in the Storting since 2021 and served as the party's first deputy leader from 2012 to 2023,and acting leader since 2023.
Sofie Marhaug is a Norwegian politician for the Red Party. She has been a member of the Storting for Hordaland since 2021.
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all." She is the second Nobel laureate from Iran after Shirin Ebadi won in 2003. As of the announcement of the prize,Mohammadi is still in prison in Iran.
Stine Westrum is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Red Party.
