right". The Christian centrist newspaper Vårt Land has compared his positions to those of Alternative for Germany. Personal life Tybring-Gjedde is currently married to his second wife Ingvil Smines, who was also his childhood sweetheart from their time at Kristelig Gymnasium. They re-acquainted after his election to parliament in 2005 and got married in Rome in 2009. They have four children combined with previous marriages. A fellow member of the Progress Party and former senior advisor for Innovation Norway and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in 2015. Tybring-Gjedde said he was proud of his wife, who refused to go to Iran in 2017, where she would have to wear the compulsory hijab. Prior to his first marriage to Randi Myklebust, Tybring-Gjedde had a Pakistani roommate for almost two years during his time as a student in Denver. He is a member of the Church of Norway. He is currently estranged from his parents after a dispute over his divorce from his first wife. He is reported to have forfeited millions of NOK from the family business due to this. According to him, he is financially cut off from his original inheritance, although his father refuted this in 2013. He has said that he has not met or spoken to his father for several years, and that he is open about his family having "many issues". In December 2011 it was reported that Tybring-Gjedde had gone on sick leave due to threats. He has later publicly related about becoming sick due to heated hostility towards him in the media, harassment and death threats, requiring police protection at times, as part of a backlash following the 2011 Norway attacks. His wife has spoken out against him being scapegoated and singled out by the media for his views. Diagnosed with stress syndrome, he has experienced epileptic seizures and episodes of amnesia. His daughter from his first marriage Mathilde Tybring-Gjedde is also a member of the Norwegian parliament. Tyvring-Gjedde and his wife were among the people threatened in connection with the play Ways of seeing in 2019. Laila Bertheussen was later sentenced for sending the threats. Bibliography Tybring-Gjedde, Christian (2014). Mens orkesteret fortsetter å spille. Cappelen Damm. . References 1963 births Living people Bærum politicians Norwegian Lutherans Norwegian male water polo players Loyola University Chicago alumni University of Denver alumni NATO Defense