Torstein Dahle

Torstein Dahle (born 20 February 1947) is a Norwegian politician and economist. He works at the Bergen University College and represents Red Party in the city council of Bergen. Dahle was born in Oslo.

Torstein Dahle
Leader of the Red Party
In office 11 March 2007 – 30 May 2010
Deputy	Ingrid Baltzersen Ana Lopez Taylor
Preceded by	None Himself as leader of the Red Electoral Alliance
Succeeded by	Turid Thomassen
Personal details
Born	(1947-02-20) 20 February 1947 (age 78) Oslo, Norway
Political party	Red
Residence(s)	Oslo, Norway
Alma mater	Norwegian School of Economics
Occupation	Professor
Profession	Economist

At age 14, Dahle joined Lambertseter Youth Conservatives (Unge Høyre). He attended Oslo Cathedral School and Oslo Commerce School.^[1] After moving to Bergen in 1966, he moved to the far left and co-founded the Maoist group AKP(m-l) in the early 1970s. He remained in the party until 1997.

From 2003 to 2007, Dahle led the AKP(m-l)-initiated Red Electoral Alliance, which he had also helped establish. He continued to lead the Red Party, a 2007 merger of AKP(m-l) and the Red Electoral Alliance. In 2010, he was succeeded as Red Party leader by Turid Thomassen.

Dahle is openly gay since the late 1960s.^[2]