Stine Renate Håheim
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Stine Renate Håheim is a Norwegian politician
Politics of Norway
Politics in Norway take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the King's council, the cabinet, led by the Prime Minister of Norway. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Storting, elected...

 (Ap). She is from Valdres
Valdres
Valdres is a traditional district in central, southern Norway, situated between Gudbrandsdal and Hallingdal.Administratively, Valdres belongs to Oppland. It consists of the municipalities Nord-Aurdal, Sør-Aurdal, Øystre Slidre, Vestre Slidre, Vang and Etnedal. The main town in the region is...

, Oppland
Oppland
is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway....

. She was a municipal councillor for Nord-Aurdal
Nord-Aurdal
Nord-Aurdal is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fagernes....

 2003–2007, and a member of Oppland county parliament 2007–2009. Håheim was a central member of Arbeidernes ungdomsfylking (AUF) from 2006 to 2010. At the Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009
Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009
The 2009 parliamentary election was held in Norway on 14 September 2009. Elections in Norway are held on a Monday in September, usually the second or third Monday, as determined by the king. Early voting was possible between 10 August and 11 September 2009, while some municipalities held open...

, she was the Arbeiderpartiet's 4th candidate for Oppland, and from October 2009, she replaced Rigmor Aasrud
Rigmor Aasrud
Rigmor Aasrud is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland during the terms 1993–1997, 1997–2001 and 2001–2005. When the second cabinet Stoltenberg assumed office following the 2005 elections, Aasrud was...

, as Aasrud become the Minister of Government Administration and Church Affairs, and had to leave her post as MP.

Håheim studied at the Lektorstudiet at Universitetet i Oslo, a professional course based around teaching studies.

On 22 July 2011 she escaped unharmed from the Utøya shooting massacre.

Origin of quote on CNN

She was interviewed by CNN's Richard Quest
Richard Quest
Richard Austin Quest is an English journalist and a CNN International anchor and reporter based in London. He anchors Quest Means Business. In addition to anchoring the five-times-weekly business program, Quest hosts the monthly program Business Traveller...

 on 23 July 2011 where she phrased the words "If one man can create that much hate, you can only imagine how much love we as a togetherness can create." This phrase was later quoted by prime minister Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg
is a Norwegian politician, leader of the Norwegian Labour Party and the current Prime Minister of Norway. Having assumed office on 17 October 2005, Stoltenberg previously served as Prime Minister from 2000 to 2001....

 during the memorial service on Sunday 24 July 2011, attributed to "the AUF girl who was interviewed by CNN", slightly rephrased due to translation back in Norwegian (here in English translation): If one man can show so much hate, think how much love we could show together.
According to Håheim herself in an interview with the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang
Verdens Gang
Verdens Gang , generally known under the abbreviation VG, is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper...

 she attributes the original formulation to a good friend, Helle Gannestad.

The Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang later updated the article The Love Message is Spreading in All Channels on 25 July 2011 with the information that the Love Quote correctly shall be attributed to Helle Gannestad, the good friend of Håheim. The original phrasing in English translation is as follows: When one man could cause so much evil - think about how much love we can create together.

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