Prableen Kaur

Prableen Kaur (born 20 March 1993) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

She is from Romsås and of Punjabi 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]

In 2011 she survived the Utøya massacre. She was deputy leader of the Oslo Workers' Youth League,[3] a post she left in February 2012.[4] In the Norwegian local elections, 2011 she was elected into Oslo city council, as the youngest representative ever.[5] The Norwegian magazine Ny Tid voted Kaur as "Norwegian of the year 2011".[6]

She attended Oslo Cathedral School.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Fossheim, Kenneth (23 July 2011). "– Det var et helvete". Groruddalen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Prableen Kaur" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  3. ↑ "«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.
  4. ↑ "Vegard Wennesland valgt til leder i Oslo AUF" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Derfor er de «Årets Nordmenn»". Ny Tid (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Prableen Kaur (1993) - Arbeiderpartiet". Biografi (in Norwegian). Oslo Kommune Bystyret. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2014.


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