Torstein Tvedt Solberg

Torstein Tvedt Solberg
Member of the Storting
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2013
ConstituencyRogaland
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 2009 – 30 September 2013
ConstituencyRogaland
Personal details
Born (1985-03-02) 2 March 1985 (age 39)
Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Political partyLabour
Domestic partnerIna Libak
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Oslo

Torstein Tvedt Solberg (born 2 March 1985) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He is currently a member of parliament for Rogaland since 2013, having previously been a deputy member between 2009 and 2013.

Education

Solberg attended Stavanger Cathedral School. He obtained a bachelor's degree at University of Rogaland a master's degree in Culture, Environment and Sustainability at the University of Oslo in 2013.[1]

Political career

Local and youth politics

He was a member of Stavanger city council from 2003 to 2011. He was active in Rogaland Workers' Youth League (AUF) for several years and headed it in 2005. He worked as a secretary for Rogaland AUF from 2005 to 2006 and worked as international secretary of the national from 2007 to 2009.[1]

Tvedt Solberg was elected leader of the Rogaland Labour Party in 2020, succeeding Stanley Wirak. He was replaced by mayor of Gjesdal Frode Fjeldsbø at the 2022 convention.[2][3]

Parliament

He served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Rogaland between 2009 and 2013.[4] He got the second spot on Rogaland Labour list for the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election, considered to be a safe mandate for the Labour Party.[5] He was re-elected in 2017 and 2021. He announced in April 2024 that he wouldn't be seeking re-election at the 2025 election.[6]

From September 2012 to June 2013, he was a political advisor to Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske.[1]

Personal life

Tvedt Solberg is in a domestic partnership with former Workers' Youth League leader Ina Libak, with whom he has one child.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Politisk rådgiver Torstein Tvedt Solberg (AP) (in Norwegian) Regjeringen.no, retrieved 10 July 2013
  2. ^ "Torstein Tvedt Solberg ny leder av Rogaland Ap" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2024.(subscription required)
  3. ^ "Torstein Tvedt Solberg ferdig som leder i Rogaland Ap – erstatteren er pekt ut" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2024.(subscription required)
  4. ^ "Torstein Tvedt Solberg" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  5. ^ Siri Wichne Pedersen (8 December 2013): Torstein Tvedt Solberg Ap sin toer (in Norwegian) NRK, retrieved 10 July 2013
  6. ^ "Stortingspolitiker gir seg: Mener Støre ikke er framtiden for Arbeiderpartiet" (in Norwegian). NRK Rogaland. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Brutalt ærlig Ap-politiker kaster inn håndkleet: Har vært flau over å sitte på Stortinget" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.(subscription required)


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