Despite clear instructions to avoid “jeans, shorts, trainers, sandals, supporter scarves and clown noses(!)”, the president of the Storting has been forced several times in recent years to resort to the sanctioning tool “refs” to get the country’s people in order. Now several people in the Storting are advocating for a tie, or at least “tie-shame”. In other words, sharper condemnation of those who do not live up to the dress code standard as defined in the handbook in the Storting. – Ties are the only appropriate thing for us men from the pulpit, says Storting President Masud Gharahkhani to news. He laments that several of the representatives simply do not master the art of tying a proper tie knot. – I have given up that fight, he says. – The presidency has sometimes had to point out that here one should work a little extra with the clothing, says Parliament President Masud Gharahkhani. Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB It’s so strange here. When Sverre Myrli (Ap) looks around the parliament hall, he sometimes wonders if he has come to a campsite or to a Sankthans celebration. He dates the fall to 1997. – Until then, no one was fooling around with this, apart from Erling Folkvord and the occasional SV member. Now it has completely slipped out, and I fight every day to regain decency in the parliamentary hall, he says. He adds: – Now there are even many Høgre representatives who drop their ties. What is happening? The due date is complete. Sveinung Rotevatn (V) says to news that dropping a tie on the Storting’s lectern is “about as cool as wearing funny socks or youthful trainers”. – Grown people must learn to dress, he says. He specifies that liberal reflexes prevent him from wanting to impose a tie. Parts of the fashion police are still on sick leave after Erling Folkvord (R) appeared in this habit on TV 2. Photo: Screen dump “The fact that the tie tightens a little around the neck is the price we pay for civilisation”, writes former High Councilor Torbjørn Røe Isaksen in the comment “A defense for the tie”. “The tiny, useless piece of cloth lifts us out of everyday life and onto something else, something elevated,” he writes. He therefore complains that the dress code is “permanently weakened” as a result of three inadvisable changes in society: Our time’s utility and functionality regime, where everything that is not “necessary” is made more efficient. The sweatpants and home subbing mentality that arose during the pandemic. Radical liberation strategies against “burdensome social conventions”, signed by the left in general and Erling Folkvord in particular. The Raudt representative has previously compared the tie to a bourgeois ruling technique from the Storting’s lectern. Hadia Rajik was not reprimanded by Storting president Dag Terje Andersen for wearing a scarf in 2010, but received strong criticism from Storting colleague Arne Sortevik (Frp). – In addition to these white trainers, large, clumsy shoes that look like safety shoes are now also used. Yesterday I had to ask a fellow representative if he should go out and dig ditches after the parliamentary meeting, says Sverrey Myrli (Ap). Sveinung Rotevatn is critical of the shirts of Liberal colleague Alfred Bjørlo, but is happy that he wears a tie. Several local governments have been clubbing down the Storting’s rules for etiquette and dress codes are defined in the Storting’s protocol handbook, and prescribe rules for both “informal dress” and “everyday nice dress”. In the latter case: “Dark blue or gray suit, white or light blue shirt, tie with a discreet pattern, simple cufflinks and tie pin.” Nevertheless, there are several cases in which popular representatives have been clubbed down by the president of the Storting out of concern for the public conduit. In the latest edition of the Storting’s rules of procedure (2021) it is stated that the president “on several occasions has prosecuted representatives who have worn or carried various props in the Storting hall, such as a T-shirt with a political message on it, a bicycle helmet or a tube mail cartridge” . Among the lawbreakers are “the usual suspects” such as Steinar Bastesen, Hallgeir Langeland, Rolf Reikvam and Heikki Holmås. But also presumptively well-behaved candidates, such as Kristin Halvorsen (too short a skirt), Bård Vegar Solhjell (t-shirt), Marianne Marthinsen (leg warmers and winter boots) and Trond Jensrud. The latter was not punished, but was asked by then Storting President Jo Benkow “if he had considered wearing a tie on the floor of the Storting”. – It was perhaps a bit fast in the turns last Thursday, admits Torbjørn Vereide (Ap). He still thinks he has found the right parliamentary balance between everyday and festive in the daily parliamentary work, and specifies that he “dresses up” if, for example, the king or the Ukrainian president comes to visit. – I distinguish between Volodymyr Zelenskyj and Sveinung Rotevatn, he says. Photo: Skjermdump – There must be some control – For those of us who have been brought up with the tie requirement and hymn season in the old county council in Sogn og Fjordane, I see it as a matter of course to wear a tie on the floor of the Storting, says Storting representative for the Center Party, Aleksander Øren Heen. He adds: – There must be some control, out of respect for the voters, the issues and the institution Storting. Firmer frameworks have also been called for by fresh parliamentary representatives in the transition to a new stage. – I came straight from Blindern, wore jeans and T-shirts and had no respect for etiquette and dress codes. It was also unfair that men could only wear an ugly and sloppy suit. For women, it was completely undefined where the list was, former Ap politician Marianne Marthinsen told Agenda Magasin in 2016. Storting President Masud Gharahkhani emphasizes that the representatives “mostly” show respect for the environment at the Storting, and that he has noticed that several colleagues “help each other in need, also across parties”. – Maybe one has forgotten a suit jacket, while another has an extra one hanging on. There is something touching about it, even if the jacket doesn’t fit quite perfectly. Heikki Holmås was scolded by the president of the Storting when he wore a Brann suit to the Storting. The same thing happened again when he walked with a bicycle helmet inside. – It has a certain effect that male representatives who dress sloppily turn out to be exactly the radicals they are. Having said that, I would defend a tie if there was such a thing before, says Minerva editor Alexander Zlatanos Ibsen. Say what you will about Steinar Bastesen, he had his own style. – For those of us who are brought up with a tie requirement and hymn season in the old county council in Sogn og Fjordane, I see it as a matter of course to wear a tie on the floor of the Storting, says Aleksander Øren Heen ( Q). Out here. – Some general moral condemnation of sloppy clothing is a fundamentally positive feature of any civilization, so I would encourage that, says Sveinung Rotevatn (V).
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Strong forces want a tie in the Storting – news Vestland
