 Hareide was active in student politics . His involvement included terms as a member of the student parliament at the University of Bergen , as the leader of the Student Union of the Norwegian School of Economics 1994 – 1995 , and as a board member of the national student union 1993 – 1994 . During the period in student politics , Hareide held a Christian democratic middle ground between radical ( such as later socialist politician Aslak Sira Myhre ) and conservative representatives , an experience he has described as educational . 
