Nicholas Wilkinson | |
Office: | Member of the Storting |
Term Start: | 1 October 2017 |
Term End: | 30 September 2021 |
Constituency: | Akershus |
Office1: | Leader of the Socialist Youth |
Term Start1: | 23 June 2014 |
Term End1: | 26 June 2016 |
Predecessor1: | Andreas Halse |
Successor1: | Andrea Sjøvoll |
Birth Date: | 15 March 1988 |
Birth Place: | Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Alma Mater: | University of Manchester |
Occupation: | Politician |
Party: | Socialist Left |
Nicholas Wilkinson (born 15 March 1988) is a Norwegian politician from the Socialist Left Party. He served as a representative to the Storting from Akershus from 2017 to 2021.[1]
Wilkinson served as the leader of the Socialist Youth from 2014 to 2016.
He was elected to the Storting, the Norwegian parliament, following the 2017 election. In Parliament, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services and the Preparatory Credentials Committee; the latter of which he sat in from June to September 2021. In June 2020, Wilkinson announced that he wouldn't be seeking re-election in the 2021 election.[2]
Born in 1988, Wilkinson is the son of Simon Wilkinson and Ragnhild Bendiksby, a psychiatrist and former department manager for the Ministry of Children and Families respectfully. He resides in Oppegård and also holds British citizenship. He is openly gay.[3] [4] In January 2019, he married his boyfriend of seven years, Sebastian Forbes.[5]