{{Short description|Norwegian politician}} {{Use dmy dates |date=October 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Hallgrim Berg | constituency = Buskerud | office = Member of the Norwegian Parliament | majority = | term_start = 13 January 1982 | term_end = 30 September 1997 | predecessor = | successor = | party = Conservative Party | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1945|1|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Ål, Buskerud, Norway | education = | occupation = {{hlist|Author|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.<ref name="snl">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Hallgrim Berg |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Hallgrim_Berg |language=no|date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025215759/http://www.snl.no/Hallgrim_Berg|archive-date=25 October 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
==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.<ref name="snl"/>
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.<ref name="snl"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=HBE|title=Berg, Hallgrim (1945-)|work=Stortinget.no|date=9 November 2021 |accessdate=5 December 2022|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205230955/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=HBE|archive-date=5 December 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name="snl"/>
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".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/--muslimene-invaderer-europa-1.1905245|title=- Europa er utsatt for muslimsk invasjon|first1=Morten W.|last1=Røkeberg|first2=Tormod|last2=Furuseth|date=22 February 2007|work=NRK|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128132406/https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/--muslimene-invaderer-europa-1.1905245|archive-date=28 November 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The book was later noted to have cited counter-jihad blogger Fjordman as an "authoritative source",<ref name="open"/> although only once in the context of his collection of the writings of Bat Ye'or.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dagen.no/nyheter/angrer-ikke-fjordman-som-kilde/|title=Angrer ikke "Fjordman" som kilde|date=11 August 2011|first=Thor Christian|last=Skavlem|work=Dagen|language=no|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128132408/https://www.dagen.no/nyheter/angrer-ikke-fjordman-som-kilde/|archive-date=28 November 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Berg has endorsed Ye'or's Eurabia thesis,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dt.no/nyheter/star-fast-pa-islamkritikk/s/2-2.1748-1.6413148|title=Står fast på islamkritikk|first=Hege Breen|last=Bakken|date=11 August 2011|work=Drammens Tidende|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203224349/https://www.dt.no/nyheter/star-fast-pa-islamkritikk/s/2-2.1748-1.6413148|archive-date=3 December 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vl.no/nyheter/2011/08/12/hallgrim-berg-angrer-ingenting/|title=Hallgrim Berg angrer ingenting|first1=Kjetil|last1=Gillesvik|first2=Turid|last2=Sylte|date=12 August 2011|work=Vårt Land|language=no|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128132411/https://www.vl.no/nyheter/2011/08/12/hallgrim-berg-angrer-ingenting/|archive-date=28 November 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.utrop.no/nyheter/nytt/20981/|title=Bekymret for vestlig kultur|first=Claudio|last=Castello|date=23 August 2011|work=Utrop|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127225552/https://www.utrop.no/nyheter/nytt/20981/|archive-date=27 November 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> and has been described as "the most prominent Eurabia author in Norway" by social anthropologist Sindre Bangstad.<ref name="open">{{cite news|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/norway-terror-and-islamophobia-in-mirror/|title=Norway: terror and Islamophobia in the mirror|date=22 August 2011|work=opendemocracy|first=Sindre|last=Bangstad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014233145/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/norway-terror-and-islamophobia-in-mirror/|archive-date=14 October 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013 he released a follow-up book titled ''Demokrati eller islamisme. Europa under islam'' where he continues to warn against Muslim immigration.<ref name="snl"/>
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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/B0x6l/norsk-helt-i-provoserende-fallaci-bok|title=Norsk helt i provoserende Fallaci-bok|date=28 April 2004|work=Aftenposten|first=Kristin|last=Flood|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128132414/https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/B0x6l/norsk-helt-i-provoserende-fallaci-bok|archive-date=28 November 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/kEn5a/berg-fallaci-er-briljant|title=Berg: - Fallaci er briljant|first=Per Kristian|last=Bjørkeng|date=28 April 2004|work=Aftenposten|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128132406/https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/kEn5a/berg-fallaci-er-briljant|archive-date=28 November 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
Berg has been active in the pro-Israel organisation With Israel for Peace.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Han skal mobilisere Israel-støtte i nord|url=http://www.nordlys.no/med-israel-for-fred/israel/han-skal-mobilisere-israel-stotte-i-nord/s/5-34-157255|first=Ola|last=Solvang|work=Nordlys|date=19 May 2015|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204151034/https://www.nordlys.no/med-israel-for-fred/israel/han-skal-mobilisere-israel-stotte-i-nord/s/5-34-157255|archive-date=4 December 2024|url-status=live|quote="Tidligere stortingsrepresentant Hallgrim Berg skal mobilisere nordlendinger for organisasjonen Israel for fred."|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==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== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{stortingetbio|HBE}}
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