Background
Steigan, Pål was born on May 31, 1949 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Oliver Schjerven Steigan and Helga Borgny Schjelderup Dynna Steigan.
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Steigan, Pål was born on May 31, 1949 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Oliver Schjerven Steigan and Helga Borgny Schjelderup Dynna Steigan.
Student, University Oslo.
He is also a writer and editors During his leadership of AKP (m-l), Steigan traveled to several countries ruled by communist regimes, such as China, Czechoslovakia, Albania and Cambodia (Democratic Kampuchea). He personally met Mao Zedong, Enver Hoxa and Political Pot.
Steigan met the Khmer Rouge dictator Political Pot in 1978, and eagerly supported the regime after his visit.
Later, he has admitted that supporting the Khmer Rouge regime, responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million Cambodians, was a mistake, although he has continued to be criticised for bearing a personal responsibility for his political support to the regime.
Chairman, founding member Worker's Communist Party, Norway, 1975-1984.
Married Kari Austbø, May 19, 1973. Children: Geir, Ivar.