Career
In recent years she has also made a name for herself as a television personality. The Norwegian author January Martin Iversen credited her with a significant role in the development and survival of Fremskrittspartiet in his 1998-book about the first 25 years of the party. Eli is a well-known face to most Norwegians, infamous for her tall hairstyle.
The following morning Dagbladet - one of the largest newspapers in Norway - filled its frontpage with a picture of the tire marked stairs and the headline "Eli took the stairs - with her car".
In the same book she mentioned her embarrassing drive down the palace stairs, and admitted she nearly "died of shame". In 2008 she had her debut as regular co-host of the talkshow Studio 5, a Norwegian version of The View.
Since this she has become quite an active television personality, appearing in numerous television shows, often displaying her outspoken nature mixed with irony and self ridicule.