17 Facts About Kristian Norheim

Kristian Norheim was born on 19 April 1976 and is a Norwegian politician who has been a member of the Stortinget as an alternate for State Secretary Bard Hoksrud.

Kristian Norheim is a member of the Progress Party and an expert on international relations.

Kristian Norheim was leader of the Youth of the Progress Party in Telemark from 1993 to 1994, but left the party in 1994 following the 1994 Progress Party national convention and joined the Free Democrats.

Kristian Norheim was the leader of the Free Democrats from 1999 to 2000.

Kristian Norheim returned to the Progress Party, where he served as an advisor for its parliamentary group.

In February 2012 Kristian Norheim was unanimously chosen leader of the Progress Party in Telemark.

Since regular representative Bard Hoksrud was named to Erna Solberg's cabinet, Kristian Norheim took his seat as a regular representative.

Kristian Norheim is a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence.

Kristian Norheim serves as second deputy on that committee, as well as on the Storting's delegation for relations with the European Parliament and on its delegation to the Nordic Council.

Kristian Norheim is a member of the Nordic Council's Citizens' and Consumer Rights Committee.

Kristian Norheim took part in the 2010 Balkans seminar in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, arranged by the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.

Kristian Norheim has been described in English-language media as the party's head of international affairs and as its international secretary.

Kristian Norheim has expressed concern over the Progress Party's image abroad, where it is often described as far-right and compared to the French Popular Front and other more radical parties.

Kristian Norheim has expressed concern about antisemitism in Norway and, in particular, about antisemitic statements made by leaders of Norway's largest mosque, and about the inability of the Islamic Council of Norway to respond at once when asked if they support the death penalty for gays.

Kristian Norheim told Morgenbladet in October 2013 that the Progress Party has a good relationship with the Republican Party in the US and is rhetorically close to its Reaganite wing.

Kristian Norheim expressed admiration for American economist Milton Friedman, for the American free-market ideology, and for the fact that private capital is not viewed negatively in America.

Kristian Norheim and Tone Kasastul Kristian Norheim live in Skien and have one son, Henrik Leander, born 24 June 2011.