Nicholas Wilkinson

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Nicholas Wilkinson (2017)

Nicholas Wilkinson (born March 15, 1988 in Lillehammer ) is a Norwegian - British politician of the Sosialistisk Venstreparti (SV). He has been a member of parliament in Storting since 2017 .

Life

Wilkinson, whose father is British, grew up in Nordre Follo commune . In 2007 he became a member of the local parliament of what was then Oppegård . From 2008 to 2012 he studied at the University of Manchester . In 2011 he received a bachelor's degree in politics, philosophy and economics, followed by a master's degree in political economics in 2012. He received the Jean Monnet Prize of Excellence for his master's thesis . From 2013 to 2014 he was Secretary General of SV in what was then Akershus Province . In 2014 he was elected chairman of the youth organization Sosialistisk Ungdom , an office he held until 2016. He then worked as a consultant in the children's aid organization Forandringsfabrikken .

In the 2017 general election , Wilkinson entered the Norwegian national parliament in Storting for the first time . There he represents the constituency of Akershus and is a member of the health and welfare committee. After he got blood poisoning in May 2018 and was put into an artificial coma , he had to be represented in parliament. Wilkinson was diagnosed with aphasia and was initially unable to speak or write. Only in January 2020 did he return to his work as a member of parliament. In June 2020 he declared that he did not want to run again for a seat in Storting in the 2021 election .

He has been married to Sebastian Forbes since January 2019.

Web links

Commons : Nicholas Wilkinson  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aslak Borgersrud: SVs January Fredrik Karlsen. In: dagsavisen.no. September 18, 2017, accessed April 24, 2020 (Norwegian).
  2. ↑ Synnøve Sundby Fallmyr: NYHETER: - Jeg var ganske sjenert som liten. January 1, 2018, accessed April 24, 2020 (Norwegian).
  3. ↑ Stortingsrepresentant - Det humanistiske facultet. University of Oslo, accessed April 24, 2020 (Norwegian).
  4. ↑ Biography: Wilkinson, Nicholas. March 9, 2008, accessed April 24, 2020 (Norwegian).
  5. ↑ Aslak Bodahl: For halvannet år siden kunne han bare si «mamma». Her er Nicholas (31) tilbake på jobb på Stortinget. January 14, 2020, accessed on April 24, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  6. ↑ Torun Støbakk: Nicholas' (31) tøffe vei tilbake. January 18, 2020, accessed April 24, 2020 (Norwegian).
  7. ↑ Stiller ikke til gjenvalg. In: NRK. June 24, 2020, accessed on August 26, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  8. ↑ Frank Ertesvåg, Nanna Johannessen: SV-Wilkinson poisoned seg - Foler virkelig at jeg lever livet nå. Verdens Gang, January 20, 2019, accessed on April 24, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
personal data
SURNAME Wilkinson, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian-British politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Lillehammer