Vidar Kleppe

Vidar Kleppe
Leader of the Democrats
In office
24 August 2002 – 22 April 2012
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKjell Arne Sellæg
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 1997 – 30 September 2001
ConstituencyVest-Agder
In office
1 October 1989 – 30 September 1993
ConstituencyVest-Agder
Personal details
Born (1963-09-16) 16 September 1963 (age 61)
Bergen, Norway
Political partyKleppe List (since 2023)
Other political
affiliations
Progress Party (1989–2001)
Southern Norway List (2001)
Democrats (2002–23)
Children3
Residence(s)Kristiansand, Norway

Vidar Sveinung Kleppe (born 16 September 1963) is a Norwegian politician. He was a member of parliament and deputy leader of the Progress Party until he was suspended and left the party in 2001. He was the founder and leader of the Democrats party from 2002 to 2012, and has since 2003 held public office as a member of the Vest-Agder county council and the Kristiansand municipal council.