Mímir Kristjánsson
Norwegian politician
Kristján Mímir Kristjánsson (born 17 August 1986) is a Norwegian politician representing the Red Party. He is currently a member of the Storting for Rogaland since 2021. He was formerly a city councilor in Stavanger and a political journalist for Klassekampen.
Personal life
He hails from Stavanger and has an Icelandic father and a Norwegian mother.
He was in a relationship with Mathilde Holdhus, with whom he has two children. In 2022, he revealed that they had separated the year before shortly after their second child was born.
In August 2022, he confirmed that he was in a relationship with fellow Red Party MP Sofie Marhaug. In October 2023, Marhaug moved from her native Bergen to Stavanger in order to live with Kristjánsson. In February 2026, they announced that they were expecting their first child together.
Career
Red Youth
He served as the leader of Norway's Red Youth between April 2006 and June 2008, and the secretary of the Red Party's election campaign from June 2008 until the 2009 Norwegian parliamentary election.
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