Aslak Sira Myhre

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Aslak Sira Myhre (born May 28, 1973 in Stavanger, Norway) is a Norwegian politician and former chairman of Red Electoral Alliance (RV). He currently is director of Litteraturhuset, part of Fritt Ord.

Myhre's parents were both active on the political left and his father Eldar Myhre is a known union chairman at Aker Kværner. Aslak was very active in student demonstrations at the University of Bergen during the 1990s and sat on the university board in 1996. He was elected chairman for Red Electoral Alliance between 1997 and 2003, and sat in the city council in his home city Stavanger between 1999 and 2003 and top candidate for Storting for Rogaland in the 1997 election and Oslo in the 2001 election.

He is also very interested in football and has worked as a football journalist for both NRK and Klassekampen and later chairman of !Les, an association to stimulate children and youth to read more. He is married to editor Cathrine Sandnes.

He was in 2002 convicted to 90 days in prison for failing to report for national service. On appeal in 2003 his sentence was made suspended on probation. 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. Based on either religious, moral or ethical dictates of his conscience that are incompatible with being a combatant in military service, or being part of the armed forces as a combatant organization. Which is legal requirement for being granted civilian national service under Norwegian National Service law's.

Political offices
Preceded by Jørn Magdahl	Chairman of Red Electoral Alliance 1997–2003	Succeeded by Torstein Dahle