Big Skartveit

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Gro Skartveit (2011)

Gro Skartveit (born August 24, 1965 ) is a Norwegian politician and author . She initially belonged to the Kristelig Folkeparti (KrF) and later switched to the Venstre party. She also left this again.

Life

Political career

In February 2001, Skartveit announced that she was a lesbian and had a girlfriend. At that time she was a member of the Stavanger City Council for the Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti (KrF) . She then resigned from the KrF because she was of the opinion that the KrF would not treat a lesbian politician fairly. In March 2002 she joined the liberal Venstre Party.

In 2005, Gro Skartveit ran as a candidate in the Norwegian parliamentary elections , but could not achieve a mandate for the province of Rogaland . In the parliamentary elections in Norway in 2009 , she was a deputy chairman of the committee that drafted her party's election manifesto. In September 2011 she won the election for mayoress of Finnøy . This made her the first female mayor of Venstre after the end of World War II . At the same time, she moved into the Fylkesting of Rogaland Province in 2011 . In February 2012, she took over the post as group leader of the Venstre party there after her predecessor Helge Solum Larsen had to retire after allegations of rape. In the local elections in 2015, she was again the top candidate for Venstre in the municipality of Finnøy, but in which she was defeated by the KrF politician Henrik Halleland .

In February 2018, Skartveit announced that she had got out of Venstre. The reason given for this was the party's entry into the Solberg government . Skartveit said she could not support a collaboration with Høyre and Fremskrittspartiet .

Author

In 1997 Skartveit published the book Ulvar i lammeflokken ( German : wolves in sheep's clothing ), in which she described her experiences with attacks in the church. In 2010 she published the book Den usynlege smerta. Om rus and pårørande. (German: The invisible pain. About intoxication and relatives ) out. In it she describes the experiences of relatives of alcoholic people. In 2016 she published the book Livet etterpå. Om vegen vidare etter alvorlege kriser (German: The life afterwards. About the way further after severe crises ). Health Minister Bent Høie wrote the foreword to the book .

Works

  • 1997: Ulvar i Lammeflokken
  • 2010: The usynlege smerta. Om rus and pårørande.
  • 2016: Livet etterpå. Om vegen vidare etter alvorlege kriser

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Spissrotgang for lesbian politicians. Retrieved February 5, 2020 (Norwegian).
  2. ↑ a b NRK: Her er listetoppane i Finnøy. August 4, 2015, accessed on February 4, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  3. ↑ NRK: Gro Skartveit går inn i Venstre. March 26, 2002, accessed February 5, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  4. ↑ Finnøy-ordfører overtar i Rogaland etter Larsen. Retrieved February 4, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  5. ↑ Gro Skartveit - Stavanger Venstre. September 1, 2011, accessed on February 5, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  6. ↑ Gro Skartveit blir ordfører på Finnøy - Rogaland Venstre. September 15, 2011, accessed February 4, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  7. ↑ a b Ntb: Finnøy-ordfører overtar for Solum Larsen. Retrieved February 4, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  8. ↑ Marianne Terjesen: Minst åtte kvinnelige ordførere. September 17, 2015, accessed on February 5, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  9. ↑ Lise Marit Kalstad: Tidlegare Venstre ordførar detectors seg ut av partiet. February 1, 2018, accessed February 4, 2020 (Norwegian Nynorsk).
  10. ↑ Årets viktigste bok? Retrieved February 5, 2020 (Norwegian).
  11. ↑ Ny bok: "Livet etterpå. Om vegen vidare etter alvorlege kriser" from Gro Skartveit. Retrieved February 5, 2020 (Norwegian).
personal data
SURNAME Skartveit, Gro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian politician and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1965