Prableen Kaur
Prableen Kaur (born 20 March 1993) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
She is from Romsås and of Punjabi Sikh descent.[1] She was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo in 2013. As Hadia Tajik from Oslo was a member of the outgoing Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet, Kaur met as a regular representative during the two weeks before the cabinet change.[2] As of 2016, she had declined [being a candidate] for [the parliamentary] election [in 2017].[3]
In 2011, she survived the Utøya massacre. She was deputy leader of the Oslo Workers' Youth League,[4] a post she left in February 2012.[5] In the 2011 Norwegian local elections she was elected into Oslo city council, as the youngest representative ever.[6] The Norwegian magazine Ny Tid voted Kaur as "Norwegian of the year 2011".[7]
She attended Oslo Cathedral School.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Fossheim, Kenneth (23 July 2011). "– Det var et helvete". Groruddalen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Prableen Kaur" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- ^ "En blendahvit liste for Ap i hovedstaden, vil være lite kledelig".
- ^ ""Han ladet. Skjøt mer. Han skjøt de rundt meg. Jeg ble liggende. Jeg tenkte: Nå er det over"". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Vegard Wennesland valgt til leder i Oslo AUF" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ Rasch, Jonas S. (14 September 2011). "Valgt inn i bystyret etter at hun kjempet seg gjennom Utøya-marerittet". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Derfor er de "Årets Nordmenn"". Ny Tid (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ "Prableen Kaur (1993) - Arbeiderpartiet". Biografi (in Norwegian). Oslo Kommune Bystyret. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Oslo
- Labour Party (Norway) politicians
- Members of the Storting
- Women members of the Storting
- Norwegian Sikhs
- Norwegian people of Punjabi descent
- People educated at Oslo Cathedral School
- 21st-century Norwegian politicians
- Norwegian politician, 20th-century birth stubs