Anders Hornslien Explained

Anders Hornslien (born 6 December 1970 in Oslo) is a Norwegian media personality and politician for the Labour Party.

He was the leader of the local chapter of the Workers' Youth League from 1991 to 1993, and served as a member of Oslo city council in the same period. During this time he became a controversial figure following the Workers' Youth League affair, for which he was sentenced to five months in jail.[1]

He served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo during the terms 1993 - 1997 and 1997 - 2001. During these terms he filled in for Bjørn Tore Godal and Jens Stoltenberg while they were appointed to cabinet positions.

No longer active in political positions, he worked as a television and radio presenter in Metropol TV and Kanal 24 respectively.

Hornslien is openly gay, being the world's first member of parliament to enter a partnership union (in 1996), with former state secretary and political party fellow Vidar Ovesen.[2] Hornslien has experienced harassment for his orientation.[2]

He lives in Tuscany as of 2020.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ole-Christian . Tronstad . Dømt til fengsel . Dagbladet . 1998-04-21 . Norwegian . 2007-12-31 .
  2. News: Elin . Nygård . Huset tagget ned . Blikk . 2007-10-02 . 2007-11-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071005230347/http://www.blikk.no/nyheter/sak.html?kat=1&id=9218 . 5 October 2007 . dead .
  3. Web site: Anders Hornslien (50): Åpen om de tøffe årene – og vendepunktet. 5 December 2020.