Silje Schei Tveitdal Explained

Silje Schei Tveitdal
Office1:Secretary of the Socialist Left Party
Term Start1:2009
Term End1:14 March 2015
Leader1:Kristin Halvorsen
Audun Lysbakken
Predecessor1:Edle Daasvand
Successor1:Kari Elisabeth Kaski
Birth Date:24 April 1974
Birth Place:Norway
Spouse:Lars Haltbrekken
Party:Socialist Left

Silje Schei Tveitdal (born 24 April 1974) is a Norwegian environmentalist and politician for the Socialist Left Party. She served as the party secretary from 2009 to 2015.

Biography

Silje Schei Tveitdal was the leader of Natur og Ungdom in 1997 and 1998. Before being leader she had been deputy leader since 1994. After leaving Natur og Ungdom she studied social economics at the University of Oslo and is advisor for the Socialist Left Party member in Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment in the Norwegian legislature. She was also chairman of Zero Emission Resource Organisation (ZERO) from its start in 2002.[1] In 2009 she succeeded Edle Daasvand as party secretary of the Socialist Left Party.[2]

She is married to Lars Haltbrekken.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ny miljøvakthund på banen. Kaarbø. Agnar. 29 November 2002. Aftenposten. 2. Norwegian.
  2. News: Ny partisekretær i SV. Norwegian News Agency. 22 March 2009. Norwegian.
  3. News: Det er makt i de knyttede never. Nielsen. Andreas. 10 November 2007. Dagsavisen. 8. Norwegian.