Mímir Kristjánsson
Mímir Kristjánsson | |
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| Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
| Constituency | Rogaland |
| Leader of the Red Youth | |
| In office April 2006 – June 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Bjørnar Moxnes |
| Succeeded by | Mari Eifring |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 August 1986 Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway |
| Political party | Red |
| Domestic partner(s) | Sofie Marhaug (from 2023) Mathilde Holdhus (until 2021) |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Politician Journalist Author |
Kristján Mímir Kristjánsson (born 17 August 1986) is a Norwegian politician representing the
Personal life
He hails from Stavanger and has an Icelandic father and a Norwegian mother.
He was in a relationship with Mathilde Holdhus, with whom he has two children. In 2022, he revealed that they had separated the year before shortly after their second child was born.[1]
In August 2022, he confirmed that he was in a relationship with fellow Red Party MP Sofie Marhaug.[2] In October 2023, Marhaug moved from her native Bergen to Stavanger in order to live with Kristjánsson.[3]
Career
Red Youth
He served as the leader of Norway's Red Youth between April 2006[4] and June 2008, and the secretary of the Red Party's election campaign from June 2008 until the 2009 Norwegian parliamentary election.
Local politics
He was elected to the Stavanger city council in the 2019 local election, and also became the leader for the City Committee for Labour and Salary.[5]
Party politics
In April 2024, both he and his partner Sofie Marhaug announced their candidacies for deputy leader of their party at the extraordinary convention to be held in May.[6] The party's electoral committee ultimately opted to suggest Marhaug as deputy leader ahead of the party convention, with Marie Sneve Martinussen as leader.[7]
Parliament
Kristjánsson was elected to the Storting in the 2021 election.
In March 2022, he stated that it was the right thing to do for Minister of Labour Hadia Tajik to resign.[8]
Bibliography
In October 2011, he published a book titled De superrike (The Super Rich).[9]
References
- ^ "Bekrefter brudd" (in Norwegian). Se og Hør. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Fant lykken på Løvebakken" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Mímir Kristjánsson og Sofie Marhaug blir samboere" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ Sosialisme.no: Nyvalgt leder Mimir Kristjansson
- ^ "I strupen på Mímir Kristjánsson for anti-privatisering i kommunen: – De ansatte blir ikke hørt" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "De er kjærester og konkurrenter. Nå vil begge bli nestleder i Rødt" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Valgkomiteen i Rødt vraker Mimir" (in Norwegian). NRK Rogaland. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Mimir Kristjansson: Riktig av Tajik å gå av" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ manifest.no: De superrike Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Bok
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