Tor André Johnsen (born 25 November 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He has been a member of the

Storting The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

since 2013.

Biography

Johnsen was born on 25 November 1968. He hails from Ringsaker, and was elected member of the county council of Hedmark from 1999 to 2015. He was elected to the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from Hedmark in 2013 where he is member of the

Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs The Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs ( no, Arbeids- og sosialkomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for areas related to the labour market, the working environment, benefits, pensions and disa ...

. Johnsen has sat on the municipal council in Ringsaker, Hamar and

Stange is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebye ...

. Johnsen considers himself bothered by electromagnetic hypersensitivity. In 2015, Johnsen was recommended by the Police Security Service to cut off contact with Russian diplomats whom PST considered to be Russian intelligence agents. Johnsen stated that he did not intend to follow the call from PST. After the parliamentary elections in 2017, Johnsen was reprimanded by the then Prime Minister Erna Solberg for sharing an article from the anti-immigration website 24avisen.com, where a 17-year-old dark-skinned AUF member was incited.

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Progress Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Hedmark politicians 1968 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub