Sheikh is married to Afshan Rafiq, who was Norway's first full member of the Norwegian Parliament Stortinget (for Høyre) from a minority background (Athar Ali and Shahbaz Tariq were both deputy representatives).
At the construction site itself at Stilla, a number of activists sat down and blocked the machines from starting their work; and at the same time, a number of Sami activists camped outside the Norwegian parliament, starting a hunger strike.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Bergen in 1945, and was re-elected on one occasion in 1954.
In 2009 he was Rogaland Høyre's 3rd candidate for the Stortinget, and was elected, along with Bent Høie and Siri A. Meling.
Due to their ESC victory, Bobbysocks! were awarded with the Peer Gynt Prize in 1985, which is awarded by the Stortinget, Norway's parliament.
Tellef Dahll was known for his work in geological surveying and standing as Stortinget member for Bratsberg (now Telemark), and he was later made a knight in both the Order of St. Olav and the Order of the Polar Star.