Snorre Valen
Snorre Serigstad Valen (born 16 September 1984 in Oslo) is a Norwegian journalist, musician and former politician (SV). He was elected to the Stortinget from Sør-Trøndelag in 2009, and served as deputy head of the party from November 2015 until he resigned in 2019. Valen previously worked as a communications assistant at NTNU Social Research. In 2020 he became head of the politics section of the newspaper "Nidaros" in Trondheim, Norway. Career. From 2007–2008 Valen was the head of the short-lived newspaper "Arbeideravisa" in Trondheim. Valen sat in the Sør-Trøndelag County Council and in Trondheim  City Council from 2003 to 2007, and during this period, led the foreign affairs and welfare committees in the county council. After being elected to the Norwegian parliament in 2009, he served as member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment from 2009 to March 2012. He was the second deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence from April 2013. In February 2011 Valen nominated the website WikiLeaks for the Nobel Peace Prize In 2013, he nominated Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel peace prize, stating that Manning's leaks helped  end the Iraq War while Snowden had exposed how the war on terror had led to mass surveillance of ordinary people. As an anti-monarchist, Valen consequently refused to attend the yearly royal dinners for parliamentarians. Music. Valen is a pianist and singer, has a background in Nidarosdomens Guttekor and has studied music at Trondheim katedralskole. From 2004–2008 he played in the band "Gallery", and released one record with the group. Later on he became a member of the electronica group Amish 82 and the blues band Peevish Penfriend.