Eirik Lae Solberg

Eirik Lae Solberg (born 3 April 1971) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He has served as the governing mayor of Oslo since 2023 and was previously the Oslo City Commissioner for Finance from 2014 to 2015. Lae Solberg has also been a deputy member of parliament for Oslo since 2021, having previously done so between 1993 and 1997 for Buskerud.

Eirik Lae Solberg
Governing Mayor of Oslo
Assumed office
25 October 2023
DeputyHallstein Bjercke
MayorAnne Lindboe
Preceded byRaymond Johansen
Oslo City Commissioner for Finance
In office
4 April 2014 – 21 October 2015
Governing MayorStian Berger Røsland
Preceded byTorger Ødegaard
Succeeded byRobert Steen
State Secretary for the Ministry of Trade and Fisheries
In office
16 October 2013 – 4 April 2014
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
MinisterMonica Mæland
State Secretary for the Ministry of Modernisation
In office
8 March 2004 – 17 October 2005
Prime MinisterKjell Magne Bondevik
MinisterMorten Meyer
ConstituencyOslo
Deputy Member of the Storting
Assumed office
1 October 2021
MemberNikolai Astrup (2021)
In office
1 October 1993 – 30 September 1997
ConstituencyBuskerud
Personal details
Born (1971-04-03) 3 April 1971
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway
Political partyConservative
SpouseHanna Rommerud
Children1

Education

Solberg holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a master's degree in European history and politics from the University of Cambridge.

Political career

Local politics

Solberg was elected to the Oslo City Council in 2007, and led the committee on finance and the Conservative group from 2009 to 2013.

In 2014, he was appointed city commissioner for finance, a post he held until the Conservative coalition lost the 2015 local elections.[1]

He was the Oslo Conservative Party's candidate for Governing Mayor in the 2019 local elections. He lost the election to incumbent Raymond Johansen, and resigned as the Conservatives' group leader. He did however retain his council seat.[2]

On 1 July 2022, he was again chosen as the Oslo Conservatives' candidate for Governing Mayor for the 2023 local elections.[3] The Conservative block won a majority in the following election, and the Conservatives initially sought to form a new city government with the Liberal Party, Christian Democrats and the Progress Party, but these negotiations collapsed and the Conservatives then sought to form a minority government with only the Liberal Party.[4] The Progress Party had also ruled out a cooperation agreement with a new city government, citing they would not support a government they weren't a part of. However, they later backtracked and agreed to negotiate a cooperation agreement with the Conservatives and Liberals.[5] The parties presented their platform on 24 October.[6] He and his city government succeeded the Johansen government the following day.[7]

Parliament

He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud from 1993 to 1997. He was re-elected as a deputy representative in the 2021 election, this time for Oslo. He met as permanent representative for Nikolai Astrup from 1 to 14 October 2021 at the end of the Solberg Cabinet's tenure.

Government

During the second cabinet Bondevik, Solberg was political advisor in the Ministry of Trade and Industry from 2001 to March 2004, and State Secretary in the Ministry of Work Affairs and Administration (renamed Ministry of Modernization in June 2004) from March 2004 to 2005. In the elections that year, the second cabinet Bondevik fell, thus Solberg lost his position. He was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Fisheries in 2013 and held the post until 2014.

Non-politics

In 2020, Lae Solberg was hired to work for Deloitte as a strategic consultant for the public sector.[8]

Personal life

Lae Solberg is married to Hanna Rommerud, with whom he has one son.[9]

References
  1. "Eirik Lae Solberg ny finansbyråd" (in Norwegian). Oslo Høyre. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. "Oslo Høyres frontfigur grublet i to uker. Nå forlater han politikken" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  3. "Eirik Lae Solberg og Anne Lindboe innstilt på topp for Oslo Høyre" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. "Lae Solberg: − Vi tar sikte på et byråd bestående av Høyre og Venstre" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  5. "Oslo Frp snur - vil likevel forhandle med nytt byråd om samarbeid" (in Norwegian). NRK Oslo og Viken. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  6. "Slik skal Høyre og Venstre styre Oslo" (in Norwegian). NRK Oslo og Viken. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  7. "Her er Oslos nye byråd" (in Norwegian). NRK Oslo og Viken. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  8. "Eirik Lae Solberg begynner i Deloitte" (in Norwegian). NTB Kommunikasjon. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  9. "Fars jobb viktigst" (in Norwegian). FriFagbevegelse. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2022.


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