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Erna Solberg

Erna Solberg
MP
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21st Prime Minister of Norway
Assumed office
16 October 2013
Monarch Harald V
Preceded by Jens Stoltenberg
Leader of the Conservative Party
Assumed office
9 May 2004
Preceded by Jan Petersen
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development
In office
19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005
Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded by Sylvia Brustad
Succeeded by Åslaug Haga
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Assumed office
2 October 1989
Constituency Hordaland
Personal details
Born (1961-02-24) 24 February 1961 (age 55)
Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Sindre Finnes
Children
  • Erik
  • Ingrid
Parents
  • Asbjørn Solberg
  • Inger Wenche Torgersen
Residence Inkognitogata 18
Alma mater University of Bergen
Religion Church of Norway

Erna Solberg (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˌæːɳɑ ˈsuːlˈbærɡ]; born 24 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician who has been Prime Minister of Norway since October 2013 and Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004.

Solberg has served as a member of the Storting since 1989 and served as Minister of Local Government and Regional Development in Bondevik's Second Cabinet from 2001 to 2005. In her term as minister, she oversaw the tightening of immigration policy and the preparation of a proposed reform of the administrative divisions of Norway. After the 2005 election, she chaired the Conservative Party parliamentary group until 2013. Solberg has emphasized the social and ideological basis of the Conservative policies, although the party also has become visibly more pragmatic.

After winning the September 2013 election, she became the second female Prime Minister of Norway, after Gro Harlem Brundtland.Solberg's Cabinet, often referred to informally as the "Blue-Blue Cabinet", is a two-party minority government consisting of the Conservative Party and Progress Party. The cabinet has established a formalized co-operation with the non-socialist Liberal Party and Christian Democratic Party in the Storting.


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