Silje Schei Tveitdal (born 24 April 1974) is a Norwegian

environmentalist An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ...

and politician for the Socialist Left Party. She served as the party secretary from 2009 to 2015.

Biography

Silje Schei Tveitdal was the leader of

Natur og Ungdom Natur og Ungdom (NU) which translates Nature and Youth, also known in English as Young Friends of the Earth Norway, is a Norwegian youth environment protecting organisation. It is the only environmentalist youth organisation in Norway. 7,000 memb ...

in 1997 and 1998. Before being leader she had been deputy leader since 1994. After leaving Natur og Ungdom she studied

social economics Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes. In general it analyzes how modern societies progress, stagnate, or regress because of their local ...

at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

and is advisor for the Socialist Left Party member in

Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment The Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment ( no, Energi- og miljøkomiten) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to petroleum, energy, hydroelectricity, environmental protection and re ...

in the Norwegian legislature. She was also chairman of

Zero Emission Resource Organisation Zero Emission Resource Organisation or ZERO is a Norwegian environmental organisation that was founded in 2002 to work on the reduction of greenhouse gases, primarily in Norway. The philosophy of the organisation is that if new facilities are ma ...

(ZERO) from its start in 2002. In 2009 she succeeded Edle Daasvand as party secretary of the Socialist Left Party. She is married to

Lars Haltbrekken Lars Haltbrekken (born 9 March 1971) is a Norwegian environmentalist and was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 2017 for the Socialist Left Party. He was chairman of Friends of the Earth Norway from 2005 to 2016 after having been deputy cha ...

References

1974 births Living people Norwegian environmentalists Norwegian women environmentalists Nature and Youth activists Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians {{Norway-politician-1970s-stub