Company Lauritzen, Emilie Enger Mehl

There is war in Ukraine. At the same time, Norway’s emergency minister is playing war as Saturday entertainment. That’s completely absurd.

– Kjetil B. Alstadheim (@kjetilba) February 26, 2022

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Mehl says that she also thinks it has been a special time to be both a minister and a reality participant at the same time:

– For my part, everything that is about the broadcast time and the type of editorial decisions that TV 2 makes has nothing to do with me. I understand that it has been a special time, and I thought so myself. I believe almost everyone in the production and knew about it.

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The 28-year-old points out, however, that the TV program conveys good values ​​and has done a lot for the Norwegian Armed Forces.

– “Kompani Lauritzen” is about very fine values, such as unity, mastery, standing in difficult things and developing as a human being. And those values ​​I think are relevant anyway.

Clear message from the channel

Prior to each program, TV 2 emphasized that the recording took place before Emilie Enger Mehl became Minister in the form of a text poster. It has been a choice on the part of TV 2.

– I have not asked them to do it, but I think it is good that it is informed about, Mehl says to Nettavisen.

– When something is broadcast on TV now, it may not be so easy to immediately understand that this was recorded a long time ago, long before I became minister, the 28-year-old adds.

Recently, the channel has chosen to do the same by informing and warning viewers that “Kompani Lauritzen” was recorded before the war in Ukraine began, and that certain scenes in the program may be reminiscent of war and war.

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Full Ukraine focus

But even though some have been critical of the 28-year-old’s TV participation, Mehl assures that most of her time has primarily gone to work as a minister.

– At the very beginning of the program, there was full focus on the Ukraine crisis, and so far it has been all the way. When the war broke out, it had many consequences for Norway, and several of them are my responsibility. Among other things, immigration, as many refugees have come here, the politician says.

– So it was important to work as fast as we could to prepare Norway to receive them and handle security, not least.

Between battles, however, she has had some time to watch the program.

– But it has definitely been most focus on politics.

– And I notice that now, because it feels as if this season has gone extremely fast, she says.