Peter Christian Frølich | |
Office: | Chair of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs |
Term Start: | 28 October 2021 |
1Blankname: | First Vice Chair |
1Namedata: | Sverre Myrli Lubna Jaffery Frode Jacobsen |
2Blankname: | Second Vice Chair |
2Namedata: | Svein Harberg |
Predecessor: | Dag Terje Andersen |
Office2: | Member of the Storting |
Term Start2: | 1 October 2013 |
Constituency2: | Hordaland |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1987 |
Birth Place: | Bergen, Hordaland, Norway |
Party: | Conservative |
Alma Mater: | University of Bergen |
Peter Christian Frølich (born 17 September 1987) is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Norwegian parliament for Hordaland in 2013.[1]
Frølich was educated at Bergen Handelsgymnasium, an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway, from 2003 to 2006.[2]
Frølich was conscripted into the Norwegian Armed Forces from 2006 to 2007.
Frølich attended the University of Bergen from 2007 until 2012, graduating with a Master's degree in Law. During his studies, Frølich worked as a Security officer for G4S.
Frølich was elected to Bergen City Council in 2011.[3]
In 2013, Frølich started working as an associate lawyer at Norwegian law firm Kluge Advokatfirma.
Frølich was elected as a member of the Storting for Hordaland in the 2013 election. He has been re-elected since.
Frølich joined the Standing Committee on Justice in 2013. He was promoted to Second Vice Chair in 2017.
In 2021, he additionally became chair of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs. As chair of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs, he oversaw the committee's inquires into impartiality and stock trading issues involving cabinet ministers of the Støre government and former prime minister Erna Solberg.[4] He was also the main sponsor for an amendment to the Norwegian constitution, which would ensure judicial independence of the courts from any political interference in the event of authoritarian rule. The amendment was unanimously approved both in the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs and the full parliament.[5] [6]
In January 2024, he was given an Order of Merit, 3rd Class medal for his personal contribution in aiding Ukrainian society.[7] He was rewarded another medal in May, the Medal of Honour by the Ukrainian National Military Academy for his volunteering aid to the country.[8]
Frølich identified Winston Churchill as his political idol. Frølich is married.