Jonas Andersen Sayed

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Jonas Andersen Sayed
Andersen Sayed in 2019
Member of the Storting
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2025
ConstituencyRogaland
Mayor of Sokndal Municipality
In office
28 October 2019 – 30 October 2023
DeputyBjørn-Inge Mydland
Preceded byTrond Arne Pedersen
Succeeded byBjørn-Inge Mydland
Personal details
Born (1997-10-18) 18 October 1997 (age 27)
Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway
Political partyChristian Democratic

Jonas Andersen Sayed (born 18 October 1997) is a Norwegian politician currently serving as a member of the Storting for Rogaland since 2025.[1] A member of the Christian Democratic Party, he previously served as the mayor of Sokndal from 2019 to 2023.[2]

Political career

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Local politics

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Sayed was first elected to the Sokndal Municipal Council at the age of 17 at the 2015 local elections.[3]

At the 2019 local elections, the Christian Democrats became the largest party in Sokndal with 26,2% of the vote. The party reached an agreement to work with the Sokndal List, Liberal Party, Centre Party and Progress Party for the next term, with Sayed as mayor.[4][5] Sayed also received the most personal votes in the election.[6] He was formally elected by the municipal council on 28 October, and was at the time, at the age of 22, the youngest mayor in Norway.[3]

During the municipal budgeting process for December 2019, he gained media attention for slashing his own mayoral salary of 250,000kr in order to free up funds in the municipality's operating budget, in favour of the elderly, volunteering and culture.[7]

Sayed received media attention in Norway and Ukraine when he during the summer of 2023, bicycled from Sokndal to Zaliztsi in solidarity with the country and to raise money for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[8][9]

A Sentio Research Group survey measuring satisfaction with local mayors around the country, showed that Sayed had the highest satisfactory rating with 81,7% in 2023.[10]

At the 2023 local elections, his party again became the largest in Sokndal with 28,9% of the vote. Again, he also received the most personal votes.[11] Despite this, his tenure as mayor came to an end when the Liberal and Centre parties, together with the Conservatives and Labour, secured a majority with the support of the Red Party, with his deputy mayor Bjørn-Inge Mydland from the Centre Party as mayor.[12][13]

Parliament

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Sayed was elected to the Norwegian parliament, the Storting, from the constituency of Rogaland at the 2025 parliamentary election.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jonas Andersen Sayed (KrF) er inne på Stortinget" (in Norwegian). NRK. 8 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  2. ^ Susort Johannessen, Marthe Synnøve; Wian, Isabel (5 November 2024). "Jonas Andersen Sayed blir toppkandidaten til KrF med knappast mogleg fleirtal" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). NRK. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b Hagen, Janne (28 October 2019). "Nå er han Norges yngste ordfører". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 19 December 2019. Et enstemmig kommunestyre i Sokndal valgte mandag kveld Jonas Andersen Sayed (KrF), 22 år, som ordfører i Sokndal kommune. Med dette er Sayed tidenes yngste ordfører i Norge. [A unanimous municipal council elected Jonas Andersen Sayed (KrF), age 22, as mayor of Sokndal Municipality on Monday night. With that, Sayed is the youngest mayor in Norway.]
  4. ^ Skadberg, Sylvie Assersen (9 September 2019). "Seiersstemning i KrF-leiren i Sokndal". Dalane Tidende (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 19 December 2019.(subscription required)
  5. ^ Kvassheim, Gunnar (23 October 2019). "Enige om mye, også om å skyve på saker de er uenige om". Dalane Tidende (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 19 December 2019.(subscription required)
  6. ^ Mydland, Ingvill (11 September 2019). "Fikk flest personstemmer". Avisen Agder (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 19 December 2019.(subscription required)
  7. ^ Rossholt, Helene Halvorsen; Topdahl, Rolv Christian; Ystrøm, Thomas (27 November 2019). "Norges yngste ordfører kutter lønna med 250.000 kroner". NRK Rogaland (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  8. ^ Hansen, Åse Karin; Kvindesland, Per Øystein; Skjæveland, Bjørn Olav (20 July 2023). "Ordfører Jonas Andersen Sayed bruker ferien til å samle inn penger til Ukraina". NRK Rogaland (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Norwegian city mayor cycles to Ukraine and raises US$14,500 for Armed Forces". Ukrainska Pravda. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  10. ^ Lågbu, Øivind (8 September 2023). "Siri Martinsen fornøyd med 76. plass på topp 100-liste: – Husk at jeg bare har sittet to år". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  11. ^ Aalbu, Ingve (13 September 2023). "Sjekk lista i Sokndal: Han er suveren på slengertoppen". Dalane Tidende (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 10 October 2023.(subscription required)
  12. ^ "Jonas Andersen Sayed (KrF) er vraket i Sokndal: Bjørn-Inge Mydland (Sp) blir ordfører". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian Bokmål). 21 September 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  13. ^ "KrF og FrP stemde blankt, men Bjørn-Inge fekk kjede og nye utfordringar". Dalane Tidende (in Norwegian Nynorsk). 30 October 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2024.