Tor André Johnsen (born 25 November 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He has been a member of the Storting since 2013.

Biography

Johnsen was born on 25 November 1968. He hails from

Ringsaker is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brumunddal. Other settlements in Ringsaker include the town of Moelv and the ...

, and was elected member of the county council of

Hedmark Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged int ...

from 1999 to 2015. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from

in 2013 where he is member of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs. Johnsen has sat on the

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Hamar Hamar is a town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the traditional region of Hedmarken. The town is located on the shores of Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake ...

and Stange. Johnsen considers himself bothered by

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. In 2015, Johnsen was recommended by the Police Security Service to cut off contact with

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diplomats whom PST considered to be Russian intelligence agents. Johnsen stated that he did not intend to follow the call from PST. After the parliamentary elections in 2017, Johnsen was reprimanded by the then Prime Minister

Erna Solberg Erna Solberg (; born 24 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician and the current Leader of the Opposition. She served as the 35th prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021, and has been Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004. Solberg w ...

for sharing an article from the anti-immigration website 24avisen.com, where a 17-year-old dark-skinned AUF member was incited.

References

Progress Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Hedmark politicians 1968 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub