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Kari Angelique Jaquesson
Kari Angelique Jaquesson
Born	Kari Angelique Jaquesson; 12 April 1962 (age 62)
Nationality	Norwegian

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Kari Angelique Jaquesson (born 12 April 1962) is a Norwegian conspiracy theorist,^[1] Holocaust denier, author, fitness consultant and former television personality. She writes for the conspiracy theorist website Steigan.no and promotes Holocaust denial, Antisemitism, transphobia, climate change denial, COVID-19 misinformation, and Russian propaganda, and supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[2]^[3]^[4] She has been active in the radical feminist group Women's Group Ottar for several years. A 2021 survey by YouGov found that the public figures viewed most negatively by Norwegians were Donald Trump, Kari Jaquesson and Vladimir Putin.^[5]

Fitness and television career

Kari Jaquesson is an aerobics instructor and became widely known in Norway in the 1990s for hosting a daytime workout program on TV2. She has also written books about fitness. She was named a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund in 2000 to raise awareness about fitness and public health.^[6]

Views

From the 2010s Jaquesson has become known for promoting a number of conspiracy theories, including climate change denial, COVID-19 misinformation and Russian propaganda related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[1]

Jews and Israel

In 2015 Jaquesson implied that Israel supported ISIS, and was criticized by the Norwegian Humanist Association and other critics of promoting Antisemitic conspiracy theories.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Syria

Jaquesson is a long-time supporter of Bashar al-Assad.^[10] John Færseth argued that Jaquesson painted a picture of "a grand, international conspiracy against a popular Assad regime."^[11]

Views on transgender people

Jaquesson has said that "a man cannot become a woman."^[12] She is active in the Women's Declaration International anti-transgender group. She has also been active in the radical feminist Feminist Group Ottar and has often caused controversy as a representative of that group; in 2016, she told a 17-year girl to "suck dick ten times a day". The controversy regarded the legalization of prostitution, and the sucking was proposed to picture the unpleasant daily life of a prostitute.^[13]

COVID-19 misinformation

From 2020 Jaquesson has actively promoted COVID-19 misinformation. She claimed there was no pandemic and ridiculed the public health measures, such as the use of masks.^[14]^[15]

Russia

Jaquesson supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She is a contributor to and a co-owner of the website Steigan.no that promotes Russian propaganda.^[16]

Bibliography

Det gode liv, LibriArte, 1999
Hurra, jeg er gravid: trim og kosthold for nybakte mødre, Cappelen, 2000
10 minutter til en sprekere kropp, 2004
10 minutter til en sterkere rygg og litt flatere mage, 2007
10 minutter til fastere lår og en litt mer spretten rumpe, 2008
Ketsjup er ålreit, 2009
Kropp på topp! : på 10 minutter : lår og rumpe, armer og overkropp, rygg og mage, 2010
Det første steget til en sprekere kropp, 2012
Sunnere hverdagsmat, 2012

References

^ ^a ^b "Russland-propaganda i Arendal bystyre". Agderposten. Retrieved 14 June 2022. konspirasjonsteoretikeren Kari Jaquesson
^ "Plan får kritikk for nominasjon til Jenteprisen – vil se på kriteriene". Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Kari Jaquesson fjernes fra Jenteprisen etter at flere nominerte trakk seg". Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Arendalsuka: "Trans-trusselen": – Det er ikke de utsatte minoritetsgruppene som skal ta kampen". Norwegian Humanist Association. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
^ "Etter ett år med korona er nordmenn spesielt positive til disse kjendisene". Nettavisen. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Kari Jaquesson raser mot Bush". Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Trekker seg fra jury som gir pris til Jaquesson". Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Kunsten å "bare stille spørsmål"". Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Den legitime antisemittismen?". Retrieved 15 June 2022.
^ "Inviterer Assad-tilhenger: For andre gang har et Rødt-lokallag invitert Kari Jaquesson til å holde foredrag om krigen i Syria. Det skaper sterke reaksjoner innad i partiet". Vårt Land. Retrieved 15 June 2022. 25. november skal Kari Jaquesson være innleder på et medlemsmøte i Raudt Vågsøy om Syria-konflikten. Den tidligere trimdronningen har reist til Syria ved to anledninger. Dette er reiser som har blitt kritisert for å ha vært i regi av Assads regime. – Rødt har et alvorlig tullingproblem, mener konspirasjonsteoriekspert John Færseth.
^ "Tåpenes antiimperialisme". Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ Jaquesson, Kari. "Mann kan ikke bli kvinne". Dagbladet. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Kari Jaquesson: "Jeg synes du skal prøve å suge pikk ti ganger i døgnet"". NRK. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Skremmende mange kjøper Kari Jaquessons konspirasjonsteorier". Utrop. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Konspi-Cola!". VG. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Hevdes å spre russisk propaganda: Kari Jaquesson medeier". Dagbladet. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[ap-1] "Russland-propaganda i Arendal bystyre". Agderposten. Retrieved 14 June 2022. konspirasjonsteoretikeren Kari Jaquesson

[2] "Plan får kritikk for nominasjon til Jenteprisen – vil se på kriteriene". Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[3] "Kari Jaquesson fjernes fra Jenteprisen etter at flere nominerte trakk seg". Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[4] "Arendalsuka: "Trans-trusselen": – Det er ikke de utsatte minoritetsgruppene som skal ta kampen". Norwegian Humanist Association. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

[5] "Etter ett år med korona er nordmenn spesielt positive til disse kjendisene". Nettavisen. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[6] "Kari Jaquesson raser mot Bush". Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[7] "Trekker seg fra jury som gir pris til Jaquesson". Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[8] "Kunsten å "bare stille spørsmål"". Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[9] "Den legitime antisemittismen?". Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[10] "Inviterer Assad-tilhenger: For andre gang har et Rødt-lokallag invitert Kari Jaquesson til å holde foredrag om krigen i Syria. Det skaper sterke reaksjoner innad i partiet". Vårt Land. Retrieved 15 June 2022. 25. november skal Kari Jaquesson være innleder på et medlemsmøte i Raudt Vågsøy om Syria-konflikten. Den tidligere trimdronningen har reist til Syria ved to anledninger. Dette er reiser som har blitt kritisert for å ha vært i regi av Assads regime. – Rødt har et alvorlig tullingproblem, mener konspirasjonsteoriekspert John Færseth.

[11] "Tåpenes antiimperialisme". Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[12] Jaquesson, Kari. "Mann kan ikke bli kvinne". Dagbladet. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[13] "Kari Jaquesson: "Jeg synes du skal prøve å suge pikk ti ganger i døgnet"". NRK. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[14] "Skremmende mange kjøper Kari Jaquessons konspirasjonsteorier". Utrop. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[15] "Konspi-Cola!". VG. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[16] "Hevdes å spre russisk propaganda: Kari Jaquesson medeier". Dagbladet. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

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+{{Short description|Norwegian conspiracy theorist and Holocaust denier}}
-'''Kari Angelique Jaquesson''' (born 12 April 1962) is a Norwegian [[conspiracy theorist]],<ref name=ap>{{cite news |title=Russland-propaganda i Arendal bystyre |url=https://www.agderposten.no/meninger/russland-propaganda-i-arendal-bystyre/ |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Agderposten|quote=konspirasjonsteoretikeren Kari Jaquesson}}</ref> author, fitness consultant and former television personality. She writes for the conspiracy theorist website [[Steigan.no]] and has been widely criticized for promoting [[climate change denial]], [[COVID-19 misinformation]], [[Russian information war against Ukraine|Russian propaganda]], [[Antisemitism]] and [[transphobia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Plan får kritikk for nominasjon til Jenteprisen – vil se på kriteriene |url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/3J7qRd/plan-faar-kritikk-for-nominasjon-til-jenteprisen-vil-se-paa-kriteriene |access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kari Jaquesson fjernes fra Jenteprisen etter at flere nominerte trakk seg |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723080458/https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/RRQm2x/kari-jaquesson-fjernes-fra-jenteprisen-etter-at-flere-nominerte-trakk-seg |access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref> A 2021 survey by YouGov found that the public figures viewed most negatively by Norwegians were [[Donald Trump]], Kari Jaquesson and [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Etter ett år med korona er nordmenn spesielt positive til disse kjendisene |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/livsstil/etter-ett-ar-med-korona-er-nordmenn-spesielt-positive-til-disse-kjendisene/s/12-95-3424113793 |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Nettavisen}}</ref>
+{{Infobox person
+| name               = Kari Angelique Jaquesson
+| image              = Jaquesson (cropped).jpg
+| birth_name         = Kari Angelique Jaquesson
+| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1962|04|12|df=y}}
+| nationality        = Norwegian
+| party              =
+}}
+'''Kari Angelique Jaquesson''' (born 12 April 1962) is a Norwegian [[conspiracy theorist]],<ref name=ap>{{cite news |title=Russland-propaganda i Arendal bystyre |url=https://www.agderposten.no/meninger/russland-propaganda-i-arendal-bystyre/ |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Agderposten|quote=konspirasjonsteoretikeren Kari Jaquesson}}</ref> [[Holocaust denier]], author, fitness consultant and former television personality. She writes for the conspiracy theorist website [[Steigan.no]] and promotes [[Holocaust denial]], [[Antisemitism]], [[transphobia]], [[climate change denial]], [[COVID-19 misinformation]], and [[Russian information war against Ukraine|Russian propaganda]], and supports the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Plan får kritikk for nominasjon til Jenteprisen – vil se på kriteriene |url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/3J7qRd/plan-faar-kritikk-for-nominasjon-til-jenteprisen-vil-se-paa-kriteriene |access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kari Jaquesson fjernes fra Jenteprisen etter at flere nominerte trakk seg |url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/RRQm2x/kari-jaquesson-fjernes-fra-jenteprisen-etter-at-flere-nominerte-trakk-seg |access-date=14 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723080458/https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/RRQm2x/kari-jaquesson-fjernes-fra-jenteprisen-etter-at-flere-nominerte-trakk-seg |archive-date=23 July 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Arendalsuka: "Trans-trusselen": – Det er ikke de utsatte minoritetsgruppene som skal ta kampen |url=https://www.human.no/aktuelt/trans-trusselen-det-er-ikke-de-utsatte-minoritetsgruppene-som-skal-ta-kampen |publisher=[[Norwegian Humanist Association]] |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> She has been active in the [[radical feminist]] group [[Women's Group Ottar]] for several years. A 2021 survey by YouGov found that the public figures viewed most negatively by Norwegians were [[Donald Trump]], Kari Jaquesson and [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Etter ett år med korona er nordmenn spesielt positive til disse kjendisene |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/livsstil/etter-ett-ar-med-korona-er-nordmenn-spesielt-positive-til-disse-kjendisene/s/12-95-3424113793 |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Nettavisen}}</ref>
 ==Fitness and television career==
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 ==Views==
-From the 2010s Jaquesson has become known for promoting a number of [[conspiracy theories]], including [[climate change denial]], [[COVID-19 misinformation]] and [[Russian information war against Ukraine|Russian propaganda]] related to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref name=ap />
+From the 2010s Jaquesson has become known for promoting a number of [[conspiracy theories]], including [[climate change denial]], [[COVID-19 misinformation]] and [[Russian information war against Ukraine|Russian propaganda]] related to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref name=ap />
 ===Jews and Israel===
-In 2015 Jaquesson implied that Israel supported [[ISIS]], and was criticized by the [[Norwegian Humanist Association]] and other critics of promoting Antisemitic conspiracy theories.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trekker seg fra jury som gir pris til Jaquesson |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/JqOm/trekker-seg-fra-jury-som-gir-pris-til-jaquesson |access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kunsten å «bare stille spørsmål» |url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/meninger/i/52awK/kunsten-aa-bare-stille-spoersmaal |access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Den legitime antisemittismen? |url=https://civita.no/menneskerettigheter-og-demokrati/den-legitime-antisemittismen/ |access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref>
+In 2015 Jaquesson implied that Israel supported [[ISIS]], and was criticized by the [[Norwegian Humanist Association]] and other critics of promoting Antisemitic conspiracy theories.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trekker seg fra jury som gir pris til Jaquesson |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/JqOm/trekker-seg-fra-jury-som-gir-pris-til-jaquesson |access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kunsten å "bare stille spørsmål" |url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/meninger/i/52awK/kunsten-aa-bare-stille-spoersmaal |access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Den legitime antisemittismen? |url=https://civita.no/menneskerettigheter-og-demokrati/den-legitime-antisemittismen/ |access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref>
 ===Syria===
 Jaquesson is a long-time supporter of [[Bashar al-Assad]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Inviterer Assad-tilhenger: For andre gang har et Rødt-lokallag invitert Kari Jaquesson til å holde foredrag om krigen i Syria. Det skaper sterke reaksjoner innad i partiet. |url=https://www.vl.no/nyheter/2018/11/20/inviterer-assad-tilhenger/ |access-date=15 June 2022 |work=Vårt Land|quote=25. november skal Kari Jaquesson være innleder på et medlemsmøte i Raudt Vågsøy om Syria-konflikten. Den tidligere trimdronningen har reist til Syria ved to anledninger. Dette er reiser som har blitt kritisert for å ha vært i regi av Assads regime. – Rødt har et alvorlig tullingproblem, mener konspirasjonsteoriekspert John Færseth.}}</ref> John Færseth argued that Jaquesson painted a picture of "a grand, international conspiracy against a popular Assad regime."<ref>{{cite news |title=Tåpenes antiimperialisme |url=https://www.minervanett.no/kari-jaqueson-konspirasjonsteorier-rodt/tapenes-antiimperialisme/181012 |access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref>
-===Views on gender===
+===Views on transgender people===
-Jaquesson is a self-described [[TERF]] and has said that "a man cannot become a woman."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaquesson |first1=Kari |title=Mann kan ikke bli kvinne |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/mann-kan-ikke-bli-kvinne/70040157 |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Dagbladet}}</ref> She is active in the [[Women's Declaration International]] anti-transgender group. She has also been active in the radical feminist [[Feminist Group Ottar]] and has often caused controversy as a representative of that group; in 2016 she told a 17-year girl to "suck dick ten times a day". The controversy regarded legalization of prostitution, and the sucking was proposed in order to picture the unpleasant daily life of a prostitute.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kari Jaquesson: «Jeg synes du skal prøve å suge pikk ti ganger i døgnet» |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/kari-jaquesson_-_jeg-synes-du-skal-prove-a-suge-pikk-ti-ganger-i-dognet_-1.12801444 |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=NRK}}</ref>
+Jaquesson has said that "a man cannot become a woman."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaquesson |first1=Kari |title=Mann kan ikke bli kvinne |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/mann-kan-ikke-bli-kvinne/70040157 |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Dagbladet}}</ref> She is active in the [[Women's Declaration International]] anti-transgender group. She has also been active in the radical feminist [[Feminist Group Ottar]] and has often caused controversy as a representative of that group; in 2016, she told a 17-year girl to "suck dick ten times a day". The controversy regarded the legalization of prostitution, and the sucking was proposed to picture the unpleasant daily life of a prostitute.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kari Jaquesson: "Jeg synes du skal prøve å suge pikk ti ganger i døgnet" |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/kari-jaquesson_-_jeg-synes-du-skal-prove-a-suge-pikk-ti-ganger-i-dognet_-1.12801444 |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=NRK}}</ref>
 ===COVID-19 misinformation===
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 ===Russia===
-Jaquesson supports the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. She is a contributor to and a co-owner of the website [[Steigan.no]] that promotes [[Russian information war against Ukraine|Russian propaganda]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hevdes å spre russisk propaganda: Kari Jaquesson medeier |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/hevdes-a-spre-russisk-propaganda-kari-jaquesson-medeier/75772256 |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Dagbladet}}</ref>
+Jaquesson supports the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. She is a contributor to and a co-owner of the website [[Steigan.no]] that promotes [[Russian information war against Ukraine|Russian propaganda]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hevdes å spre russisk propaganda: Kari Jaquesson medeier |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/hevdes-a-spre-russisk-propaganda-kari-jaquesson-medeier/75772256 |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Dagbladet}}</ref>
 == Bibliography ==
-*''Det gode liv'', LibriArte, 1999
+* ''Det gode liv'', LibriArte, 1999
-*''Hurra, jeg er gravid: trim og kosthold for nybakte mødre'', Cappelen, 2000
+* ''Hurra, jeg er gravid: trim og kosthold for nybakte mødre'', Cappelen, 2000
 * ''10 minutter til en sprekere kropp'', 2004
 * ''10 minutter til en sterkere rygg og litt flatere mage'', 2007
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 [[Category:Norwegian conspiracy theorists]]
+[[Category:1962 births]]
+[[Category:Living people]]
+[[Category:Norwegian non-fiction writers]]
+[[Category:Norwegian women non-fiction writers]]
+[[Category:Norwegian anti-Zionists]]
+[[Category:Holocaust deniers]]