Hallgrim Berg
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
13 January 1982 – 30 September 1997
ConstituencyBuskerud
Personal details
Born (1945-01-28) 28 January 1945
Ål, Buskerud, Norway
Political partyConservative Party
OccupationAuthor, musician, politician

Hallgrim Berg (born 28 January 1945) is a Norwegian author, traditional folk musician, and former politician for the Conservative Party. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament from 1982 to 1997, representing Buskerud. He has released several books and been involved in several musical albums, and held numerous public positions.[1]

Biography

Berg was born in Ål. He became cand.philol. majoring in history from the University of Oslo in 1972. After being a lecturer at Geilo and Gol, he was self-employed in Geilo from 1974 to 1986.[1]

He was a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from 1977 to 1985, began meeting regularly from 1982 for Minister of Justice Mona Røkke, and was then elected as a regular representative for three terms from 1985 to 1997, before again becoming a deputy representative from 1997 to 2001.[1] He served as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1986 to 1989, and as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 1989 to 1997, until 1993 as deputy leader.[2] He was also a member of the Ål municipal council from 1975 to 1987, and again from 1999 to 2003, and of the Buskerud county council from 1999 to 2007.[1]

In 2007 he released his book Amerikabrevet: Europa i fare, translated to English and published in the United States as Letter to Lady Liberty: Europe in Danger, about what he called "the Muslim invasion of Europe".[3] The book was later noted to have cited counter-jihad blogger Fjordman as an "authoritative source",[4] although only once in the context of his collection of the writings of Bat Ye'or.[5] Berg has endorsed Ye'or's Eurabia thesis,[6][7][8] and has been described as "the most prominent Eurabia author in Norway" by Sindre Bangstad.[4] In 2013 he released a follow-up book titled Demokrati eller islamisme. Europa under islam where he continues to warn against Muslim immigration.[1]

In her 2004 book The Force of Reason, Eurabia-author Oriana Fallaci says there is "only one hero", namely Berg who was praised over four pages for speaking out against a report on Islamic relations in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg in 1991.[9][10]

Bibliography

  • 2016 – Parlamenturismen. Norske folkevalde på utflukt. Samlaget.
  • 2013 – Demokrati eller islamisme. Europa under islam? Genesis.
  • 2010 – Når flaumen går. Samlaget.
  • 2009 – Rakfisk i godt lag. Samlaget.
  • 2009 – Olav Thon - Billionaire in a Parka. North American Heritage Press.
  • 2008 – Olav Thon - milliardær i anorakk. Kagge Forlag.
  • 2007 – Amerikabrevet: Europa i fare. Koloritt forlag.
  • 2007 – Letter to Lady Liberty: Europe in Danger. Koloritt forlag.
  • 2006 – Når lauvet sprett. Samlaget.
  • 2005 – Me og uss, de og dikko - dialekt i Ål og Torpo, redaktør.
  • 2004 – Når sevja stig. Samlaget.

Discography

  • 2010 – Sogesvall - hermur, humor og buskspel. Hallgrim Berg og Knut Buen. Buen Kulturverkstad, NYCD 16.
  • 2010 – Sputer og drev – munnharpe i 100. Hallgrim Berg og Erik Røine. Grappa Musikkforlag, HCD 7254.
  • 2008 – Amerikabrevet: Europa i fare. Norsk Lyd- og Blindeskriftbibliotek.
  • 2006 – Når lauvet sprett. Lydbokforlaget.
  • 2006 – Fille-Vern - gamle og nye mestre i norsk munnharpetradisjon. NRK/Ta:lik TA29CD.
  • 2004 – Når sevja stig. Lydbokforlaget.
  • 2002 – 4th International Jew's Harp festival. Heilo HCD 7189.
  • 2001 – I føykje og snjor. European Snowcross Championship/Hylestad Snøscooterklubb.
  • 1999 – Drammensviser. Moberg Media.
  • 1999 – Munnharpa - Hallgrim Berg og Erik Røine. Heilo HCD 7149.
  • 1998 – Zotora: Emigrate - didjeridoo, Jew's harp and willow flutes.
  • 1997 – Seljefløyta - Berg, Jacobsen, Ofsdal. Heilo HCD 7131.
  • 1997 – Ari Thunda presents: Hal Berg/Licensed to dance. MNW Records, MNWCD 322.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hallgrim Berg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 22 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Berg, Hallgrim (1945-)". Stortinget.no (in Norwegian). 9 November 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "- Europa er utsatt for muslimsk invasjon". NRK (in Norwegian). 22 February 2007.
  4. 1 2 Bangstad, Sindre (22 August 2011). "Norway: terror and Islamophobia in the mirror". opendemocracy.
  5. ↑ "Angrer ikke "Fjordman" som kilde". Dagen (in Norwegian). 11 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Står fast på islamkritikk". Drammens Tidende (in Norwegian). 11 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "Hallgrim Berg angrer ingenting". Vårt Land (in Norwegian). 12 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "Bekymret for vestlig kultur". Utrop (in Norwegian). 23 August 2011.
  9. ↑ "Norsk helt i provoserende Fallaci-bok". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 28 April 2004.
  10. ↑ "Berg: - Fallaci er briljant". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 28 April 2004.
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