Jan Simonsen | |
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Member of Parliament for Rogaland | |
In office 11 September 1989 – 12 September 2005 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Stavanger, Norway | 3 March 1953
Died | 12 August 2019 | (aged 66)
Political party | Progress Party (1975–2001) Democrats (2002–2007) |
Website | Blog (Frie Ytringer) |
Jan Simonsen (3 March 1953 – 12 August 2019) was a Norwegian politician, writer and journalist. He was a member of parliament from 1989 to 2005, and a member of the Progress Party until he was expelled from the party in 2001. He was the deputy leader of the Democrats party from 2003 to 2004. Since his parliamentary term ended, he largely withdrew from party politics to focus on his writing and journalism.[1] He was a staunch supporter of Israel, and wrote the blog Frie Ytringer which focused on the Islamisation of Europe.[2]