Christian Tybring-Gjedde

Christian Tybring-Gjedde
Tybring-Gjedde in 2005
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2005
ConstituencyOslo
Personal details
Born (1963-08-08) 8 August 1963 (age 61)
Oslo, Norway
Political partyProgress Party (1979–2024)
Independent (since 2024)
SpouseIngvil Smines Tybring-Gjedde
Children4, including Mathilde Tybring-Gjedde
Alma materLoyola University Chicago
University of Denver
NATO Defense College

Christian Tybring-Gjedde (born 8 August 1963) is a Norwegian politician who represented the Progress Party until 2024. He has been a member of the Norwegian parliament since 2005, and was the leader of the Progress Party's Oslo chapter from 2010 to 2014.

He is most widely known for his opposition to immigration, especially Muslim immigration. He believes immigration policy to be the single most important political issue facing Norwegian society.[1] In 2014 he released his book about immigration politics titled Mens orkesteret fortsetter å spille (While the orchestra continues to play).[2][3] In 2018 and 2020 he put forward U.S. President Donald Trump as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize; any member of parliament may propose candidates.[4]

He has been described by some media commentators and scholars as far-right,[9] anti-immigrant and Islamophobic,[12] and is a leading figure in a party faction that seeks to declare Norway a "patriotic beacon".[13] Previously, his pro-Russian views were criticised by Norwegian conservatives,[14] but since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine he has sided with Ukraine and NATO against "Russian imperialism" and Russia's "brutal and unprovoced attack".[15] The Local describes him as "one of Norway's most controversial anti-immigration politicians"[16] and political scientist Sindre Bangstad has described him as one of the "main traffickers in extreme right-wing rhetorical tropes about Islam and Muslims" in Norway.[10] Tybring-Gjedde was a civil servant in the Ministry of Defence before he entered politics.

In July 2024, Tybring-Gjedde was expelled from the Progress Party for comments made regarding its nomination process in Oslo.[17]

  1. ^ Sørgjerd, Christian (17 November 2014). "Tybring-Gjedde: – Frp sitter med ansvar for en utvikling jeg er veldig bekymret for". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
  2. ^ Talsnes, Stål (15 November 2014). "Tybring-Gjedde gir ut bok: – Innvandrere er privilegerte". TV 2 (in Norwegian).
  3. ^ Ringheim, Gunnar (12 November 2014). "Den brysomme Frp-mannen". Dagbladet (in Norwegian).
  4. ^ a b c Belam, Martin (9 September 2020). "Norwegian far-right MP nominates Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize". The Guardian.
  5. ^ a b "Norwegian Lawmaker Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize". The New York Times. Associated Press. 9 September 2020. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Far-right Norwegian politician nominates Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize". CBS News. 10 September 2020.
  7. ^ a b Gehrke, Laurenz (9 September 2020). "Far-right Norwegian MP nominates Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize". Politico.
  8. ^ a b "Norwegian MP nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize again". CBC News. Associated Press. 9 September 2020.
  9. ^ Sources describing Tybring-Gjedde as far-right:[5][4][6][7][8]
  10. ^ a b Bangstad, Sindre (2014). Anders Breivik and the Rise of Islamophobia. Zed Books. ISBN 9781783600106.
  11. ^ Hearon, Liza (9 September 2020). "Far-Right Norwegian Politician Nominates Trump For Nobel Peace Prize – Again". HuffPost.
  12. ^ Sources describing Tybring-Gjedde as Islamophobic:[10][5][4][6][7][11][8]
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference TV2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Larsen, Bård (13 December 2018). "Carl I. Hagens russiske eventyr". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian).
  15. ^ "Tybring-Gjedde nominerer Jens Stoltenberg til fredsprisen". ABC Nyheter (in Norwegian). NTB. 6 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Anti-immigrant Progress Oslo head resigns". The Local Norway. 7 January 2014.
  17. ^ Vartdal, Ragnhild (14 July 2024). "Christian Tybring-Gjedde kasta ut av Frp". NRK (in Norwegian).