Nicholas Wilkinson

Nicholas Wilkinson
Wilkinson in 2017
Member of the Storting
In office 1 October 2017 – 30 September 2021
Constituency	Akershus
Leader of the Socialist Youth
In office 23 June 2014 – 26 June 2016
Preceded by	Andreas Halse
Succeeded by	Andrea Sjøvoll
Personal details
Born	(1988-03-15) 15 March 1988 (age 36) Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway
Political party	Socialist Left
Spouse	Sebastian Forbes ​ (m. 2019)​
Alma mater	University of Manchester
Occupation	Politician

Nicholas Wilkinson (born 15 March 1988) is a Norwegian politician from the Socialist Left Party. He served as a representative to the Storting from Akershus from 2017 to 2021.^[1]

Wilkinson served as the leader of the Socialist Youth from 2014 to 2016.^[1]

He was elected to the Storting, the Norwegian parliament, following the 2017 election. In Parliament, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services and the Preparatory Credentials Committee; the latter of which he sat in from June to September 2021.^[1] In June 2020, Wilkinson announced that he wouldn't be seeking re-election in the 2021 election.^[2]

Born in 1988, Wilkinson is the son of Simon Wilkinson and Ragnhild Bendiksby, a psychiatrist and former department manager for the Ministry of Children and Families respectfully. He resides in Oppegård and also holds British citizenship. He is openly gay.^[3][4] In January 2019, he married his boyfriend of seven years, Sebastian Forbes.^[5]

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