Norway: Where Nudity And Politics Are No Big Deal

I know that in the years to come, voting for someone with a naked picture of themselves on the Internet won’t be that big of deal. For now, any kind of rumor of sexual indiscretions, nude photos, or even a suggestive tweet can ruin your political aspirations. Unless you are in Norway. Lise Marie Sommerstad, who is running for a position on the Vestfold county council, has some pretty public and pretty awesome nude photos on the web.  

Even though these photos were taken before the 23 year-old decided to go to into politics, she’s not running from them. In fact, lots of people in Norway know about the pictures and they don’t really care. Or as Sommerstad put it:

“I’ve been able to keep things quite separately. I’ve never used my photos to promote myself as a politician and it’s been quite well known in Norway or in my county for quite a while and it has never been brought up in a political way,” 

The pictures are really beautiful; Sommerstad has a great body and should be proud to show it off. See, here’s the thing that we can’t figure out over here in the States – you can have nude photos of yourself and still hold office, teach kids, fix cars, and save lives. Nude pictures don’t mean you are a horrible person. If you think about it, with all the cellphone technology and the ease of getting nude pictures on the web, the next generation of politicians might all have nude selfies. Maybe then it won’t be a big deal. Maybe.

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