Eskil Pedersen

Born

1984-03-06

Birthplace

Skien, Telemark, Norway

Biography

Eskil Pedersen (born 6 March 1984 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian former politician and former leader of the Workers' Youth League (AUF), the youth organisation of the Norwegian Labour Party. He became active in AUF in 1999 and served as its national leader from 2010 to 2014. Pedersen was AUF leader during the 2011 attacks in Norway and later became a prominent public figure through his work and interviews concerning the events. He has also worked in communications and appeared as himself in several Norwegian television programmes and documentaries.