Freddy André Øvstegård
Freddy André Øvstegård (born December 20, 1994 in Fredrikstad ) is a Norwegian politician of the Sosialistisk Venstreparti (SV). He has been a member of parliament in Storting since 2017 .
Life
Øvstegård, who studied political science at the University of Oslo from 2013 to 2016 , headed the youth organization Sosialistisk Ungdom (SU) in the then Østfold province from 2011 to 2013 . In the period between 2014 and 2016, he was finally head of environmental policy on the board of the all-Norwegian SU and then until 2018 the organization's deputy chairman.
In the 2017 parliamentary elections , Øvstegård became the representative of Østfold constituency in the Norwegian national parliament in Storting after receiving a compensatory mandate . He ran as the top candidate of the SV in Østfold and became the youngest MP in the 2017-2020 legislative period . Øvstegård became a member of the Family and Culture Committee and the Control and Constitutional Committee.
Together with two party colleagues, he proposed Greta Thunberg for the Nobel Peace Prize in January 2019 .
Web links
- Freddy André Øvstegård at the Storting (Norwegian, English )
- Freddy André Øvstegård in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erik Langsæter: Freddy Andre Øvstegård er et skritt nærmere Stortinget. In: sa.no. November 21, 2016, accessed April 30, 2020 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Espen Breivik: Dette er dei yngste i eit historisk ungt Storting. NRK, September 14, 2017, accessed April 30, 2020 (Norwegian: Nynorsk).
- ↑ Jan Sternberg: "I nominated Greta Thunberg for the Nobel Prize in time". In: New Press. October 11, 2019, accessed April 30, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Øvstegård, Freddy André |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Øvstegård, Freddy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fredrikstad |