Farahnaz Bahrami
Farahnaz Bahrami | |
|---|---|
فرحنازبهرامی | |
| Deputy Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2025 | |
| Deputising for | Nils Kristen Sandtrøen (2025–) |
| Constituency | Hedmark |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 March 1962 Mashad, Iran |
| Party | Labour Party |
| Children | 2 |
Farahnaz Bahrami (Persian: فرحنازبهرامی; born 21 March 1962) is a Norwegian politician and deputy member of the Storting. A member of the Labour Party, she has represented Hedmark since October 2025.[1]
Early life
Bahrami was born on 21 March 1962 in Mashad, Iran.[1][2] In her youth she became concerned about human rights, gender inequality and income inequality.[3] She and her future husband became involved in politics which drew the attention of the authoritarian regime in Iran.[3] They were both arrested several times and interrogated about their political activities.[3] Her husband fled to Norway and in 1990 Bahrami, who worked as a teacher, also moved to Norway with her two children as a political refugee.[3][4]
The family settled in Våler in Hedmark but later moved to Hamar.[3][5] Bahrami started learning Norwegian and completed her secondary school education at Hamar Cathedral School before joining a teacher training college.[3] She became a Norwegian citizen in 1997.[5] Her 34-year-old brother was executed in Iran in 2009.[6][7]
Career
Bahrami was head of the settlement and inclusion office at the municipal council in Hamar from 2005 to 2010 and regional director of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi) from 2010 to 2014.[2] She worked at the Norwegian Embassy in Ankara from 2014 to 2018.[2] She has been a specialist director at the IMDi since 2018.[2] In August 2013 she was arrested and held in custody for two days in relation to witness tampering.[8] The case was later dropped by the police due to insufficient evidence.[9]
Bahrami joined the Labour Party in 2006 and is a member of the municipal council in Hamar.[5] She was a deputy member (Vararepresentant) of the Storting from 2009 to 2017 and was a substitute for Anette Trettebergstuen in the Storting for a month in 2009.[1][5] She was the Labour Party's fourth placed candidate in Hedmark at the 2025 parliamentary election but the party won only three seats in the constituency.[10] She became the party's first deputy representative in the constituency.[11] She entered the Storting on 1 October 2025 as a permanent substitute for Minister of Agriculture and Food Nils Kristen Sandtrøen.[1]
Personal life
Bahrami is married to her cousin and has two children.[12][13]
References
- ^ a b c d "Representanter og komiteer: Representant - Bahrami, Farahnaz (1962-)" (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Storting. Archived from the original on 1 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Farahnaz Bahrami". Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway. 2 October 2025. Archived from the original on 2 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f "Politisk flyktning". Hamar Dagblad (in Norwegian). Hamar, Norway. 28 September 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via Østlendingen.
- ^ Steinsvik, Stian F. (26 August 2025). "Farahnaz og Erik vil legge sykehussaken bak seg: – Det er en myte fra noen som vil svartmale det arbeidet som har blitt gjort". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Hamar, Norway. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Innlandet Ap: Sandtrøen på topp foran Selnes, Eriksen og Bahrami" (in Norwegian). Moelv, Norway: Labour Party'. Archived from the original on 21 September 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ Brandsås, Frank (12 September 2009). "Valgkampen er terapi for Farahnaz Bahrami". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Hamar, Norway. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009.
- ^ "Ap-kandidatens bror henrettet i Iran". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway. 13 September 2009. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ "Ap-politiker Farahnaz Bahrami siktet for vitnepåvirkning". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway. 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ Børresen, Mette Finborud; Myhre, Torunn; Holø, Ragnhild Moen (18 September 2013). "Farahnaz Bahrami vil anmelde politiet". NRK. Oslo, Norway. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ "Stortingsvalget 2025: Protokoll for distriktsvalgstyret i Hedmark valgdistrikt". Valg (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Norwegian Directorate of Elections. p. 111. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ "Representantene - Innvalgte fra 1945 -: 2025-2029" (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Storting. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ Brandsås, Frank (16 February 2011). "Er selv gift med søskenbarnet". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Hamar, Norway. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011.
- ^ Lilleås, Heidi Schei (16 February 2011). "Ap-politiker gift med sin fetter". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2025.