Odd Anders With
Norwegian politician (born 1955)
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Odd Anders With (born 19 April 1955) is a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
He was born in Mo i Rana[1] as a son of politician Odd With. His own son Aleksander With became a known Christian singer.[2][3]
He wrote for various news outlets in the 1970s before graduating from the University of Oslo with a cand.mag. degree in law and history of ideas. He edited the religious magazine Credo from 1982 to 1984, while also freelancing for NRK Radio. In 1984 he was hired as a journalist in Adresseavisen, changing to Vårt Land in 1993 and NRK P1 in 1996.[1]
As a politician, With served as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs twice; first from 1997 to 1999 as a part of Bondevik's First Cabinet and then from 2001 to 2003 under Bondevik's Second Cabinet.[4] He then served two terms in Trondheim city council from 2003 to 2011 before announcing his exit from politics.[5] He also chaired Trondheim Christian Democratic Party[6] and was deputy leader of the Christian Democratic Party nationwide.[7]
In 2019 he resigned his membership in the Christian Democratic Party, claiming that the party aligned itself too closely with the Progress Party.[8] In the same year he became managing director of the Church City Mission in Trondheim, working until his retirement in 2022.[9][10] In 2020 he joined the new Center Party.[11]