Olaf Thommessen

Olaf Thommessen
Olaf Thommessen in August 2007

Olaf Henning Thommessen (born 1 August 1966) is a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Liberal Party.

Olaf Thommessen is a Roman Catholic of French and Norwegian descent.[citation needed] His mother was Anette Thommessen (1932–1994),[1] a French national. Annette got her Norwegian surname when she was married to Henrik Peter Thommessen from 1953 to 1978, who was a son of Olaf D. Thommessen, grandson of Anne and Rolf Thommessen and great-grandson of Ola Thommessen.[2][3] From 1996 to 2007 Olaf Thommessen was married to supermodel-actress Vendela Kirsebom, by whom he has two children.

He was elected to the central board of the Liberal Party in 2002.[4] In 2004 he became second deputy leader of the party.[5] He withdrew in 2007.[6] He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the term 2005–2009,[7] and was also a member of Oslo city council.

In 2007 he released the autobiography På innsiden utenfor.[8]

References

  1. ^ Hansen, Jan E. (8 December 2001). "Velintegrert slåsskjempe" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten: p. 27. 
  2. ^ Helle, Knut, ed. "Annette A Thommessen" (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Annette_A_Thommessen/utdypning. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 
  3. ^ Ottosen, Rune. "Rolf Thommessen". In Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Rolf_Thommessen/utdypning. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 
  4. ^ "Venstre samlet seg om Sponheim og miljøvern" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 14 April 2002. 
  5. ^ Alstadheim, Kjetil (29 March 2004). "Ikke bare Thommessen" (in Norwegian). Dagens Næringsliv: p. 10. 
  6. ^ v, Kristin (3 November 2007). "Ferdig i rikspolitikken" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen: p. 11. 
  7. ^ "Olaf Thommessen" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=OLAT&tab=Biography. 
  8. ^ Andersland, Geir Kjell (22 September 2008). "Gode ansatser - ingen brannfakkel" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende: p. 22. 

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