Prableen Kaur Explained

Prableen Kaur (born 20 March 1993) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

She is from Romsås and of Punjabi Sikh descent.^[1] She was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo in 2013. As Hadia Tajik from Oslo was a member of the outgoing Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet, Kaur met as a regular representative during the two weeks before the cabinet change. As of 2016, she had declined [being a candidate] for [the parliamentary] election [in 2017].^[2]

In 2011, she survived the Utøya massacre. She was deputy leader of the Oslo Workers' Youth League,^[3] a post she left in February 2012.^[4] In the 2011 Norwegian local elections she was elected into Oslo city council, as the youngest representative ever.^[5] The Norwegian magazine Ny Tid voted Kaur as "Norwegian of the year 2011".^[6]

She attended Oslo Cathedral School.^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: – Det var et helvete. Groruddalen. 23 July 2011. Fossheim, Kenneth. 6 October 2013. Norwegian.
2. Web site: En blendahvit liste for Ap i hovedstaden, vil være lite kledelig.
3. News: "Han ladet. Skjøt mer. Han skjøt de rundt meg. Jeg ble liggende. Jeg tenkte: Nå er det over". VG. 6 October 2013. Norwegian.
4. News: Vegard Wennesland valgt til leder i Oslo AUF. Norwegian News Agency. Norwegian. 6 October 2013.
5. News: Dagbladet. Valgt inn i bystyret etter at hun kjempet seg gjennom Utøya-marerittet. Rasch, Jonas S.. 14 September 2011. 6 October 2013. Norwegian.
6. Web site: Derfor er de "Årets Nordmenn" . Ny Tid . 10 February 2012 . Norwegian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114005046/http://www.nytid.no/perspektiver/artikler/20111215/derfor-er-de-_arets-nordmenn_/ . 14 January 2012 .
7. Web site: Prableen Kaur (1993) - Arbeiderpartiet . Biografi . Oslo Kommune Bystyret . 5 November 2013 . 18 April 2014 . Norwegian .