Kristian Norheim is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 politician for the Progress Party

Progress Party (Norway)

The Progress Party is a political party in Norway which identifies as conservative liberal and libertarian. The media has described it as conservative and right-wing populist...

. He is currently an advisor for the parliamentary group of the party, and an international secretary.

Norheim was born in Porsgrunn

Porsgrunn

is a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Porsgrunn....

. He was leader of the Youth of the Progress Party

Youth of the Progress Party (Norway)

The Progress Party’s Youth , is the youth wing of the Norwegian political party the Progress Party. It is generally more libertarian than the Progress Party itself, both with regards to economics and politics in general...

 in Telemark

Telemark

is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...

 from 1993 to 1994, but left the party in 1994 following the 1994 Progress Party national convention

1994 Progress Party national convention

The 1994 national convention of the Progress Party of Norway was held from 15 April to 17 April at the hotel Bolkesjø Turisthotell in Bolkesjø, Telemark...

 and joined the libertarian Free Democrats

Free Democrats (Norway)

The Free Democrats is a political organization formed by former members of the Progress Party of Norway in 1994.The 1993 election saw the support of the Progress Party halved...

, of which he was leader from 1999 to 2000. From 1995 to 1999, he sat in the municipal council in Siljan for the Conservative Party. He has since gone back to the Progress Party, where he currently is an advisor for its parliamentary group.

Norheim is responsible for international issues as group secretary, and cover this field as advisor to party leader Siv Jensen

Siv Jensen

Siv Jensen is a Norwegian conservative-liberal politician, and the current leader of the Progress Party. She was the Progress Party's candidate for Prime Minister in the 2009 parliamentary election.-Early and personal life:...

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