Bjørnar Moxnes

Bjørnar Moxnes (born 19 December 1981) is a Norwegian politician and activist representing the left-wing political party, the Red Party in the Storting. Moxnes opposes the European Union, characterizing Norway's participation in the EEA as undemocratic. Moxnes describes himself as a socialist. He served as the leader of the Red Party from 2012 to 2023, when he resigned in the wake of stealing a pair of sunglasses from a shop at Oslo Airport Gardermoen. Moxnes had previously served as the party's deputy leader from 2010 to 2012. Moxnes grew up in Nordstrand, Norway, with his parents. His mother was a health scientist, and his father worked in a kindergarten. He became politically active after neonazis started to stand out in the city in the 1990s. Later, he became part of the radical community in Oslo Cathedral School, and a member of Red Youth.