Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås (born 28 June 1972 in

Voss Voss () is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality and a Districts of Norway, traditional district in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages inclu ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). He served as Minister of International Development from 2012 to 2013 being the last to serve in the position until

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in 2018.

Personal life

Holmås is son of librarian/writer

Stig Holmås Stig Holmås (born 25 February 1946) is a Norwegian librarian, poet, novelist and children's writer. He was born in Bergen. He made his literary debut in the 1969 anthology ''Åtte fra Bergen''. Among his poetry collections are ''Vi er mange'' fr ...

and engineer/textile worker Ingebjørg Monsen. Holmås married his wife, fellow party politician, Sunniva Pettersen Eidsvoll, in 2012. In 2013 his stepfather died in the In Amenas terror attack.

Board game player

Heikki Holmås is a former Diplomacy player and won the 1994 Norway Championship.

Career

He has served as member of the

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, representing Oslo from 2001 – 2012. He previously served as a deputy representative from 1997 – 2001. He is nominated on the top spot on Oslo SV's ballot for the

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. Holmås finished upper secondary school at

Bergen Cathedral School Bergen Cathedral School ( Norwegian: ''Bergen Katedralskole'', Latin: ''Schola Cathedralis Bergensis'', formerly known as Bergens lærdeskole and Bergen latinskole and colloquially known as Katten) is an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway. L ...

, in Bergen from 1988 to 1991. Before entering politics, he worked as a

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worker in the Municipality of Bergen. Holmås has been a columnist in both the woman's magazine ''Kamille'' and in the left-wing newspaper ''

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''. He has contributed with an article in a book about climate change, ''Kan hende det gjelder å redde vår jord – Om venstresiden og klimapolitikken'' published in Norwegian in 2009 by

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References

External links

Heikki's blog in Norwegian
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holmaas, Heikki 1972 births Living people People educated at the Bergen Cathedral School Politicians from Oslo Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Ministers of international development of Norway Norwegian columnists Members of the Storting 2001–2005 Members of the Storting 2005–2009 Members of the Storting 2009–2013 Members of the Storting 2013–2017