Jan Simonsen
Jan Simonsen | |
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Member of Parliament for Rogaland | |
In office 11 September 1989 – 12 September 2005 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Democrats (2002–2007) | 3 March 1953
Website | Blog (Frie Ytringer) |
Jan Simonsen (3 March 1953 – 12 August 2019) was a Norwegian politician, writer and journalist. He was a member of parliament from 1989 to 2005, and a member of the
Early and personal life
Simonsen was born in Stavanger to businesspersons Viktor Holck Simonsen (1913–90) and Martha Espevoll (1917–91).[3] He was born and raised in the city district Våland, and later lived a few years in Eiganes.[1] He studied social science at Rogaland University College and has a minor in history. He was editor for the publications Strandbuen, Video- og TV-guiden and the official Progress Party publication Fremskritt. He was not married.[4]
He was baptised in the Church of Norway, and as an adult remained a strong supporter of the church, but left it during the term of Gunnar Stålsett as bishop of Oslo. This was as Stålsett had been the chairman of the Centre Party in the 1970s, and got his bid for bishop supported by Centre Party MPs in 1998, with Simonsen thinking the choice to have been too politicised. When Stålsett stepped down in 2005, and was succeeded by Ole Christian Kvarme, Simonsen however rejoined the church.[5]
In 2004 Simonsen was a competitor on the reality television show
Political career
Simonsen was during the 1970s active in the nonpartisan youth organisation Moderate Youth, and was the chairman of its
On 19 October 2001, the Progress Party expelled Simonsen from the party after 25 years as a member. The same day, the party's secretary general
Since then, Simonsen sat as an independent member of parliament until 2005. From 2003 to 2004, he was vice chairman of the
Political views
Simonsen was a staunch supporter of Israel and its right to defend itself against terrorism, citing that he as a teenager had read much about the Second World War and the Holocaust, which coincidented with the breakout of the Six-Day War. He however assert that he had friends both on the Israeli and Palestinian side of the conflict.[9] In 2003, he congratulated Israel for the assassination of Ahmed Yassin[10] and Russia for the liquidation of Aslan Maskhadov in 2005.[11] Before the 2009 election, he said that his most important issues was to "fight for our basic democratic, liberal and human society values against external pressure, mainly from Islamic societies".[4]
Bibliography
Simonsen is the author of several books.[3]
- Ikke helt A-4, 2004 (biography)
- Guttene fra Yorkstrasse, 2005 (novel)
- Døden på Stortinget, 2007 (crime novel)
- Høyresidens frihetsaktivister, 2009 (nonfiction)
References
- ^ a b c d Pettersen, Charlott Lokland (14 September 2007). "- Noen av de drepte er tilfeldigvis fra Frp". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.
- ^ Andersson, Matilda (6 June 2012). "Breiviks WoW-kompis i vittnesbåset". Nyheter24 (in Swedish).
- ^ a b c d e "Simonsen, Jan (1953–)". Stortinget (in Norwegian). 9 March 2008.
- ^ a b c Jenssen, Grethe Kielland (6 July 2009). "- Skal bygge seg opp som alternativ". NRK (in Norwegian).
- ^ Simonsen, Jan (13 April 2005). "Åpent brev til biskopen i Stavanger". Norge IDAG (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
- ^ Dahlstrøm, Hilde Kristin (2 August 2004). "Jan Simonsen tilbake på Robinson-øya". Nettavisen (in Norwegian).
- ^ a b Simonsen, Jan (10 September 2009). "Mitt forhold til Fremskrittspartiet". Frie Ytringer, Jan Simonsen's blogg (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 12 September 2009.
- ^ "Simonsen ekskludert fra Frp". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 19 October 2001.
- ^ Sandnes, Svein Villy (11 November 2003). "Bok aktuell Jan Simonsen: Stor Israelvenn". Norge IDAG (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Jan Simonsen vil gratulere Israel". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 23 March 2004. Archived from the original on 8 February 2005.
- ^ Oustad, Hans Ola (10 March 2005). "Gratulerer med drapet". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 28 May 2005.
External links
- Frie Ytringer, Jan Simonsens blogg (in Norwegian)