Arild Hermstad (born 15 October 1966) is a Norwegian politician for the
Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...
, who has served as the party leader since 2022. He previously served as Party spokesperson, alongside
Une Bastholm
Une Aina Bastholm (born 14 January 1986) is a Norwegian politician and former leader of Green Party. She represented Oslo in the Storting from 2017 to 2021 and during this time was the only member of her party with a parliamentary seat. She was ...
, from 2018 to 2020, and then the deputy leader from 2020 to 2022.
Personal life and education
Education
Hermstad took his secondary education 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. Lo ...
in 1985. After studying economics for two years at the
Norwegian School of Economics
The Norwegian School of Economics ( no, Norges Handelshøyskole) or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. It was founded in 1936 as Norway's first business school and is a leading teaching and research institution in the fields of ...
, Hermstad enrolled at the
University of Bergen
The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ...
whence he graduated with a major in social geography in 1995.
Personal life
Hermstad is married and has two children.
Career
Hermstad has previously worked in a bank,
[ as a brigade coordinator in Latin America, with local environmental work in Bergen and has been employed by the Rafto Foundation.
He first became known nationwide as leader of '']Framtiden i våre hender Framtiden i våre hender is an idealistic organization in Norway that advocates green consumption and resource justice. The Norwegian name literally translates to The Future in Our Hands.
The organization is critical of the ever-increasing consum ...
'' from 2001 to 2017.[ He was also the leader of the Cyclists' National Association from 2013 to 2018.
He was the Green Party's candidate in Hordaland constituency for the ]