Ulf Leirstein

Ulf Leirstein
Ulf Leirstein at FpU national convention 2012
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 2005 – 30 September 2021
ConstituencyØstfold
Personal details
Born (1973-06-30) 30 June 1973 (age 51)
Sarpsborg, Østfold, Norway
Political partyProgress (until 2019)
Independent (2019–21)

Ulf Isak Leirstein (born 30 June 1973) is a Norwegian politician, formerly for the Progress Party and then independent, and a member of the Storting from 2005 to 2021. He left the party after it was revealed that he had sent pornographic pictures to a mailing list belonging to the Progress Party's youth wing.[1][2]

  1. ^ Svaar, Peter (2018-01-10). "Frp-topp sendte hardporno til 14 år gammel partifelle". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  2. ^ Pollack, Ester; Allern, Sigurd; Kantola, Anu; Ørsten, Mark (2018). "Political Scandals as a Democratic Challenge". International Journal of Communication. 12: 16.