Sylvi Listhaug
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Sylvi Listhaug is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party, since 2006 as city commissioner of welfare and social services in the city government of Oslo
.
, Møre og Romsdal
. Her father worked within transport
, and her mother ran the family farm
. She has two twin siblings. She is married and have one child.
when she was sixteen years old and watched John Alvheim
of the party on television. She was initially mostly attracted to the party's policies on care for the elderly and crime.
She started her political career locally in Ørskog. Eventually she came in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal
during the terms 2001–2005 and 2005–2009, and from Oslo
from 2009. In 2006 she became city commissioner (byråd) of welfare and social services in the city government of Oslo
. She had been secretary to the previous commissioner Margaret Eckbo.
patients and hanging up posters of convicted rapists
in their local community. She has also proposed to close down the annual gay parade in Oslo as she suggested that "half and almost wholly naked people dancing around in the streets of Oslo" could rather lead to less tolerance of homosexuals. She also oppose same-sex marriage
and wants to reverse the law that implemented it in Norway.
She believe that the elderly should have legal rights to a place in nursing home
s and that families should have more freedom. She seek a "far more restrictive" immigration policy than that by the Red-Green government, and that integration has to become better by having stricter demands on people who move to Norway. She is also strongly supportive of Israel
, and wants to move the Norwegian embassy from Tel Aviv
to Jerusalem.
She support the separation of the church and state
as she has seen it work good in the USA, pointing to religion having a larger place in the culture there than in Norway. She has herself considered leaving the Church of Norway
because of the Red-Green government's interventionist policy on appointment of bishops.
According to E24 Næringsliv
, her ideology is a mix of a Midwest Republican
and late Liberal Party/Moderate Liberal Party
politician Søren Jaabæk
. She has said herself that she is social conservative
and economically liberal
.
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
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Early and personal life
Listhaug was born and raised in ØrskogØrskog
Ørskog is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Sjøholt. European Route E39 and European Route E136 runs through the municipality, connecting the towns of Ålesund and Molde.-General information:Ørskog was...
, Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...
. Her father worked within transport
Transport
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, cattle, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations...
, and her mother ran the family farm
Farm
A farm is an area of land, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single...
. She has two twin siblings. She is married and have one child.
Political career
Listhaug has explained that she became aware of the Progress PartyProgress 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...
when she was sixteen years old and watched John Alvheim
John Alvheim
John Ingolf Alvheim was a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He was a nurse anesthetist by profession, and served as aid worker in several developing countries during the 1970s...
of the party on television. She was initially mostly attracted to the party's policies on care for the elderly and crime.
She started her political career locally in Ørskog. Eventually she came in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...
during the terms 2001–2005 and 2005–2009, and from Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
from 2009. In 2006 she became city commissioner (byråd) of welfare and social services in the city government of Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
. She had been secretary to the previous commissioner Margaret Eckbo.
Political views
Proposals by Listhaug include a stricter policy on psychiatricPsychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
patients and hanging up posters of convicted rapists
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...
in their local community. She has also proposed to close down the annual gay parade in Oslo as she suggested that "half and almost wholly naked people dancing around in the streets of Oslo" could rather lead to less tolerance of homosexuals. She also oppose same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or social gender. Supporters of legal recognition for same-sex marriage typically refer to such recognition as marriage equality....
and wants to reverse the law that implemented it in Norway.
She believe that the elderly should have legal rights to a place in nursing home
Nursing home
A nursing home, convalescent home, skilled nursing unit , care home, rest home, or old people's home provides a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living...
s and that families should have more freedom. She seek a "far more restrictive" immigration policy than that by the Red-Green government, and that integration has to become better by having stricter demands on people who move to Norway. She is also strongly supportive of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, and wants to move the Norwegian embassy from Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
to Jerusalem.
She support the separation of the church and state
Separation of church and state
The concept of the separation of church and state refers to the distance in the relationship between organized religion and the nation state....
as she has seen it work good in the USA, pointing to religion having a larger place in the culture there than in Norway. She has herself considered leaving the Church of Norway
Church of Norway
The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway, established after the Lutheran reformation in Denmark-Norway in 1536-1537 broke the ties to the Holy See. The church confesses the Lutheran Christian faith...
because of the Red-Green government's interventionist policy on appointment of bishops.
According to E24 Næringsliv
E24 Næringsliv
E24 Næringsliv, formerly N24, is a Norwegian, online business newspaper launched on April 18, 2006.During the first three years of operation, the newspaper was owned 60 % by Aftenposten and 40 % by Verdens Gang , both fully owned by public media company Schibsted...
, her ideology is a mix of a Midwest Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
and late Liberal Party/Moderate Liberal Party
Moderate Liberal Party
Moderate Liberal Party was a Norwegian political party that emerged from the conservative branch of the Liberal Party in 1888, consisting mainly of the Low Church...
politician Søren Jaabæk
Søren Jaabæk
Søren Pedersen Jaabæk was a Norwegian politician and farmer. Jaabæk is the longest-serving member of the Parliament of Norway in the history of Norway, and was one of the founders of the Liberal Party of Norway....
. She has said herself that she is social conservative
Social conservatism
Social Conservatism is primarily a political, and usually morally influenced, ideology that focuses on the preservation of what are seen as traditional values. Social conservatism is a form of authoritarianism often associated with the position that the federal government should have a greater role...
and economically liberal
Economic liberalism
Economic liberalism is the ideological belief in giving all people economic freedom, and as such granting people with more basis to control their own lives and make their own mistakes. It is an economic philosophy that supports and promotes individual liberty and choice in economic matters and...
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