Education
University of Oslo.
University of Oslo.
Isaksen was the leader of the Young Conservatives (Unge Høyre), the youth wing of the Conservative Party, from 2004 to 2008. Prior to entering politics full time, Isaksen worked as a freelance journalist and was the political editor in the gazette Minerva. Isaksen holds a Master"s degree in political science from the University of Oslo.
His Master of Arts thesis was on Field Artillery Hayek.
In 2008 he published the book The Right Turn. Hailing from Porsgrunn, he served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark during the term 2005–2009.
In the 2009 election he was the top candidate for the Telemark Conservatives and was elected to the parliament for the first time. In 2007 he was named Norway"s most talented young politician by VG.
Foreign a New Conservatism, which was printed in three editions.