Office: | Bergen City Commissioner of Finance |
Term Start: | 30 October 2023 |
Term End: | 27 May 2024 |
1Blankname: | Chief Commissioner |
1Namedata: | Christine B. Meyer |
Predecessor: | Rune Bakervik |
Successor: | Jacob Mæhle |
Office2: | Deputy Member of the Storting |
Term Start2: | 1 October 2009 |
Term End2: | 30 September 2013 |
Constituency2: | Hordaland |
Birth Date: | 23 April 1987 |
Birth Place: | Odda, Hordaland, Norway |
Party: | Conservative |
Eivind Nævdal-Bolstad (born 23 April 1987 in Odda) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He served as the Commissioner for Finance in Bergen in Christine B. Meyer's City Government from October 2023 to May 2024.[1]
Though he hails from Odda, he moved to study at Volda University College in 2010.
Nævdal-Bolstad holds a bachelor's degree in Public relations, communication and media from Volda University College, and has worked in both Mowi[2] and Geelmuyden Kiese.[3]
Nævdal-Bolstad was elected to Volda municipal council in 2011. He served as the Deputy mayor of Volda from 2011 to 2013.
Nævdal-Bolstad was first elected to the municipal council in Bergen during the 2019 local elections.[4] From 2021 to 2023 he led the Bergen Conservatives.[5]
He was appointed Bergen City Commissioner of Finance on 30 October 2023, when Christine B. Meyer formed her city government following the 2023 local elections.[6] On 27 May 2024, it was announced that he would be resigning as city commissioner after appointing several board members to Bergen Havn and Fløibanen AS without officially putting them forwards in cabinet meetings.[7] Fellow commissioner Charlotte Spurkeland was appointed acting finance commissioner until the appointment of Jacob Mæhle on 27 June.[8] [9]
He served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Hordaland between 2009 and 2013. As deputy of Henning Warloe he met in parliamentary session for a total of 172 days.