Guri Melby
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| Born | 3 February 1981 Orkdal, South Trøndelag, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Victim of | • Russophobia? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, Trilateral Commission | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Property "Has politicalParty" (as page type) with input value "Liberal Party (Norway)|Liberal Party (Norway)" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.[[Liberal Party (Norway)|“Liberal Party (Norway)”]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian politician who claimed that Russia is a direct threat to Norway and that "we" must be mentally prepared for war.
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Guri Melby is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. She became party leader in 2020 and was Minister of Education from 2020 to 2021.
Opinions
Melby is a supporter of both the EEA and the EU, and very keen on multilateral solutions to the world's problems. In 2025 she was selected to become a member of the Trilateral Commission.[1]
When she was Minister of Education in 2021, she proposed to remove history as a common subject in high school.[2]
In January 2024, Melby stated on state broadcaster NRK that Russia is a direct threat to Norway and that "we" must be mentally prepared for war.[3]
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