Jon Mathias Hippe (26 September 1959) is a Norwegian

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and presenter. He received national media attention when he was made General Manager of the

Fafo foundation The Fafo Research Foundation, also known as the Fafo Foundation or just Fafo (), is a Norway, Norwegian research foundation and owner of the research institute: The ''Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research.'' The institute conducts social ...

. He continues to hold that position, however, in 2010 he was elected leader of

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. He is the younger brother of

Ivar Hippe Ivar Hippe (born 19 March 1953) is a Norwegian author, political consultant, former journalist and presenter. He received national media attention in 1982 when he was expelled from Argentina by the government. On his return to Norway he began work ...

, a

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and former

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of ''

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''.

Political activities

Hippe was born in

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and raised up in

Tonsenhagen Tonsenhagen is a neighborhood in the borough of Bjerke in northeast Oslo, Norway. Built in the 1950s, it was one of the early new suburbs within Oslo. The neighborhood is situated on a hillside overlooking Oslo and the Grorud Valley, surround ...

. He studied at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

and

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

, he earned the cand.polit. degree in

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and

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as well as a Ph.D. on the relationship between public and private welfare arrangements. In the 1979 local elections, he was listed on the Socialist Left municipal candidate list for Oslo. Four years later, he gathered members of the Socialist Left to present them a report entitled, ''Norway de luxe — a report on income, wealth and consumption among the richest in Norway''. He wrote this report with fellow Socialist Left member,

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. The following year, he wrote another report with Hagen, entitled; ''Oslo to rich and poor''. In the report they asserted that the only way to reduce the gap between rich and poor in Norway was with higher taxes. Later in 1985, he landed a job in the

Fafo Foundation The Fafo Research Foundation, also known as the Fafo Foundation or just Fafo (), is a Norway, Norwegian research foundation and owner of the research institute: The ''Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research.'' The institute conducts social ...

. He left this position in Fafo in 1995, and instead got a job as director of public affairs at

UNI Storebrand Storebrand is a financial services company in Norway. By volume, the company's main activities are related to life insurance and pension savings. However, the company also has major divisions working on investments, banking and, until 1999 and ...

. He left that position in 2001 for a job in

Telenor Telenor ASA ( or ) is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo. It is one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations worldwi ...

as Executive Vice President. Later, he earned the position of Director of Communication in Telenor before quitting and becoming leader of the Fafo Foundation in 2004. In mid-2009, Hippe was hand-picked by

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Kristin Halvorsen Kristin Halvorsen (born 2 September 1960) is a Norwegian politician of the Socialist Left Party. She served as Minister of Finance from 2005 to 2009 and as Minister of Education from 2009 to 2013. She also served as the party's leader from 19 ...

to become the leader of the Financial Crisis Committee. He was elected the leader of

in 2010 by members of the committee.

Personal life

Jon Hippe is the younger brother of

, the former

of ''

''. Hanne Bjurstrøm,

Minister of Labour Minister of labour (in British English) or labor (in American English) is typically a cabinet-level position with portfolio responsibility for setting national labour standards, labour dispute mechanisms, employment, workforce participation, traini ...

, have called him her "best friend", having been his best man in his wedding in 1984 and he being hers in 2002. He is the son of

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Ola Hippe.

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player Johannes Hippe is his son.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hippe, Jon Mathias 1959 births Living people Politicians from Oslo Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians University of Oslo alumni University of Bergen alumni