Ulf Erik Knudsen | |
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| Member of Parliament for Buskerud | |
| Assumed office 15 September 1997 | |
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| Born | 20 December 1964 |
| Party | Progress Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
Ulf Erik Knudsen (born 20 December 1964) is a Norwegian politician representing the Progress Party. He has been a Member of Parliament from Buskerud since 1997. [1]
In 2006, Knudsen proposed a full stop of immigration to Drammen for fifteen years, being worried about the city getting divided into ghettos. He then also wished to take a settlement against "extreme Islamists", who he claimed was infiltrating the Norwegian society. [2]
He has also been critical of "elitist culture", and has proposed to withdraw the public economical support for artists who do not have a broad popular market of demand for their work. He has also been worried about the public economical support for "immigrant culture", of which he also want to withdraw completely.[ citation needed ]
Knudsen has expressed support for the death penalty. [3]
In January 2010, Knudsen was reported to use the Muhammad cartoon drawn by Kurt Westergaard as his profile picture on Facebook . He said that this was "done in sympathy with one who is threatened by forces who want to limit freedom of speech". [4]
In February 2010, Knudsen was reported to have joined a Facebook group called "We who demand a non-Muslim taxi driver". This incident was a response to a demonstration by Muslim taxi drivers, who on 6 February had laid down their work, again in response to the publication of a Muhammad cartoon by the newspaper Dagbladet Knudsen said that this demonstration was an expression of not respecting freedom of speech. [5]