Lars Haltbrekken

Lars Haltbrekken (born 9 March 1971) is a Norwegian environmentalist and was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 2017 for the Socialist Left Party (Norway). He was chairman of Friends of the Earth Norway from 2005[1] to 2016[2] after having been deputy chairman from 2003 to 2005. Haltbrekken was also chairman of Natur og Ungdom in 1995 and 1996. In between the two leaderships he worked primarily trying to prevent natural gas power plants in Norway, and was chairman of Fellesaksjonen mot gasskraftverk. He grew up in Trondheim.

Lars Haltbrekken
Haltbrekken in 2011
Born9 March 1971
OccupationMember of the Norwegian parliament
Spouse(s)Silje Schei Tveitdal

References

  1. Norges Naturvernforbund in Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian)
  2. "Lars Haltbrekken går av som leder i Norges Naturvernforbund". naturvernforbundet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 January 2018.
Preceded by
Erik Solheim
Chairman of Friends of the Earth Norway
20052016
Succeeded by
Silje Lundberg
Preceded by
Heidi Sørensen
Chairman of Natur og Ungdom
19951996
Succeeded by
Silje Schei Tveitdal


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