Inger-Marie Ytterhorn

Inger-Marie Ytterhorn (born September 18, 1941 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian politician of the right-wing populist Progress Party (FrP). She was a member of the Storting from 1989 to 1993.

Origin and education

Ytterhorn was born the daughter of the businessman Ingar Thorud (1912–1992) and the housewife Anne-Marie Prydz (1914–1976). In 1961 she finished the private Otto-Treider-Gymnasium with the commercial school exam. After a period of professional activity, she studied at the University of Bergen in the late 1970s and then worked as a self-employed entrepreneur.

Political career

Between 1987 and 1991 she was a city councilor in Bergen . When the Norwegian parliament, the Storting, was elected in 1989, she was elected for the province of Hordaland . She was a member until 1993 when she ran again but was not re-elected. During the next two terms she was available as vararist representative . From 1997 to 2001 she was political advisor to the FrP parliamentary group.

From the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2017 she was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee for the selection of Nobel Peace Prize winners . From 2002 to 2003 she was also part of the Oslo City Council .

controversy

In November 2018, she caused a stir when she said that the May 17 committee should be chaired by an "ethnically Norwegian" person. It was previously announced that the deputy mayor of Oslo, Kamzy Gunaratnam , would take over this post.

Private

Ytterhorn was married to the politician Bjørn Erling Ytterhorn , who died in 1987 .

Web links

• Storting biography (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Norwegian Nobel Committee 1901-2014. Retrieved September 5, 2019 (American English). 
2. ↑ Hilde Lundgaard Thomas Spence: Frp-profile mener Oslos varaordfører er uegnet for 17th May committees. Vil ha «kronisk norsk» committee leather. November 4, 2018, accessed on September 5, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål). 
3. ↑ Arild Rønsen: Inger-Marie Ytterhorn: Er hun bare dum? Retrieved September 5, 2019 (Norwegian).