Aslak Sira Myhre

Myhre has been a leftwing politician, and was for a period leader of the former party Red Electoral Alliance (RV).

Leaving national politics, he became an executive of !Les, an association to stimulate children and youth to read more.

Myhre has also worked as a football journalist for both the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and Klassekampen.

For his work with !les and The House of Literature, Myhre in 2008 received "Eckbos legaters Kulturpris".

[5] His case was controversial since Myhre had only political objection to serve national service due to Norwegian participation in NATO's out of area involvement and his refusal to classify himself as having objections to serve military national service.