Jan Simonsen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jan Simonsen
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Mar 3, 1953(1953-03-03)
Age	71
Birthplace	Stavanger
Country	Norway
Birth City	Rogaland
Horoscope	Pisces

Jan Simonsen Biography

Jan Simonsen is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on March 3, 1953 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. Simonsen was the son of businessmen Viktor Holck Simonsen (1913-1990) and Martha Espevoll (1917-91). Simonsen was raised in Valand and lived in Eiganes for a while. Rogaland University College gave him a degree in social science and he also has a minor history. He was the editor of the publications Strandbuen and Video- og TV-guiden, as well as the official Progress Party publication Fremskritt. He wasn’t married.

Simonsen was expelled by the Progress Party on 19 October 2001 after having been a member for 25 years. Geir Mo, the secretary general of the Progress Party, made the following statement to NTB: “The Progress Party has, upon a thorough evaluation, determined that it is better for both parties to separate.” Simonsen was previously under scrutiny for his role as a representative in assisting a friend to obtain a liquor licence. Simonsen believes that Carl I. Hagen, the party chairman, misused his position to exclude him and other high-ranking members from 2001 for non-existent reasons. Since then, he has had a bad relationship with Carl I. Hagen as well as his wife Eli Hagen. However, he is still largely in good terms with Progress Party politicians, including Siv Jensen.

Since then, Simonsen sat as an independent MP until 2005. From 2003 to 2004, he was vice chairman of the Democrats, a party founded in 2002 largely by other Progress Party members who had been excluded around the same time as Simonsen. He withdrew from the Democrats as a member in 2007. While he was not a member of the Democrats, he however ran as the top candidate for the party in Akershus for the 2009 parliamentary election.

In 2005 Simonsen was a competitor on the television show Robinson VIP, a Scandinavian adaptation and celebrity edition of Survivor, achieving the position as runner-up. His favourite Album was Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones, and his favourite writer was Leon Uris.

He was christened in Church of Norway and remained a strong supporter of that church as an adult, but he left the church during Gunnar Stalsett’s term as bishop of Oslo. As Stalsett was the chairman of Centre Party in 1970s, Simonsen believed the decision to become a bishop had been too politicized. Simonsen rejoined the church after Stalsett’s resignation in 2005. Ole Christian Kvarme succeeded him.

Jan Simonsen Net Worth

Jan Simonsen is one of the richest Politician from Norway. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jan Simonsen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jan Simonsen, born 3 March 1953 and died 12 August 2019, was a Norwegian journalist, politician, and freelance journalist. From 1989 to 2005, he was a member in good standing of the parliament. He was a member the Progress Party from 1989 to 2005, until he was expelled in 2001. He was the deputy leader of Democrats from 2003 to 2004.

Simonsen was active during the 1970s in the Moderate Youth (Moderat Ungdom) nonpartisan youth organization. He was also the chairman of the Rogaland chapter between 1975 and 1977. Simonsen joined Anders Lange’s Party in 1975. It was renamed Progress Party in 1977 due to his great admiration for the party founder Anders Lange, who had actually died in 1974. Simonsen held many positions in the party, including vice-chairman of the Progress Party (1991-1993) and chairman of the Rogaland Youth of the Progress Party (1978-1981). He was an MP from 1989 to 2005.

Simonsen was a staunch supporter of Israel and its right to defend itself against terrorism, citing that he as a teen read much about the Second World War and the Holocaust, which coincidented with the breakout of the Six-Day War. He however assert that he had friends both on the Israeli and Palestinian side of the conflict. In 2003, he congratulated Israel for the assassination of Ahmed Yassin and Russia for the liquidation of Aslan Maskhadov. Before the 2009 election, he said that his most important issues was to “fight for our basic democratic, liberal and human society values against external pressure, mainly from Islamic societies”.

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Jan Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Norway. Jan Simonsen celebrates birthday on March 3 of every year.