Mímir Kristjánsson Explained

Office:Member of the Storting
Term Start:1 October 2021
Constituency:Rogaland
Office2:Leader of the Red Youth
Term Start2:April 2006
Term End2:June 2008
Predecessor2:Bjørnar Moxnes
Successor2:Mari Eifring
Birth Date:17 August 1986
Birth Place:Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Occupation:Politician
Journalist
Author
Partner:Sofie Marhaug
Mathilde Holdhus
Children:2
Party:Red

Kristján Mímir Kristjánsson (born 17 August 1986) is a Norwegian politician representing the Red Party. He is currently a member of the Storting for Rogaland since 2021. He was formerly a city councilor in Stavanger and a political journalist for Klassekampen.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bekrefter brudd . . 5 March 2022 . 15 August 2022 . no.
  2. Web site: Fant lykken på Løvebakken . . 15 August 2022 . 15 August 2022 . no.
  3. Web site: Mímir Kristjánsson og Sofie Marhaug blir samboere . . 23 October 2023 . 23 October 2023 . no.
  4. http://sosialisme.no/nyheter/2006/04/nyvalgt_leder_mimir/ Sosialisme.no: Nyvalgt leder Mimir Kristjansson
  5. Web site: I strupen på Mímir Kristjánsson for anti-privatisering i kommunen: – De ansatte blir ikke hørt . . 16 November 2020 . 15 August 2022 . no.
  6. Web site: De er kjærester og konkurrenter. Nå vil begge bli nestleder i Rødt. . . 5 April 2024 . 9 April 2024 . no.
  7. Web site: Valgkomiteen i Rødt vraker Mimir . NRK Rogaland . 9 April 2024 . 9 April 2024 . no.
  8. Web site: Mimir Kristjansson: Riktig av Tajik å gå av . . 2 March 2022 . 15 August 2022 . no.
  9. http://www.manifest.no/boeker/de_superrike manifest.no: De superrike