Lars-Henrik Paarup Michelsen (born 23 April 1981) is a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was leader of the party's youth wing,

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, from 2003 to 2007. He served as deputy representative to the

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from

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during the term 2005–2009.

Background

Michelsen hails from

Austevoll municipality Austevoll is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality and an archipelago in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Midthordland in Western Norway. The administrative centre ...

on the south-western coast of Norway. He has studied

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at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

. For one year he worked as a volunteer for the

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. He has served his

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for Bergen Turlag, a member organization of the

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Political career

Between 2002-2003 Michelsen was the international secretary for the Young Liberals. In 2006 he was a youth delegate to the

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. He has previously been a candidate for the

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, the last time in 2009 when he was second candidate, following

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. As leader of Young Liberals of Norway Michelsen supported the entry of Norway into the

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, although the parent party did not. , Michelsen worked towards modernising the Young Liberals by introducing blogging, house-visiting and telephone-calling to get a more direct contact with the politicians. These methods are not yet considered normal for political parties in Norway. he is also the leader of the cross political campaign Stopp Datalagringsdirektivet (fighting to reject EU's

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) and works for the

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. Michelsen was elected to the board of the Norwegian branch of the

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() in 2010.

References

External links

Lars-Henrik Michelsen's political blogs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Michelsen, Lars-Henrik Paarup 1981 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Norwegian male bloggers University of Bergen alumni People from Austevoll