Torstein Tvedt Solberg Explained

Office:Member of the Storting
Term Start:1 October 2013
Constituency:Rogaland
Office2:Deputy Member of the Storting
Term Start2:1 October 2009
Term End2:30 September 2013
Constituency2:Rogaland
Birth Date:2 March 1985
Birth Place:Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Alma Mater:University of Oslo
Partner:Ina Libak
Children:1
Party:Labour

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. 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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dokumentarkiv/stoltenberg-ii/nhd/personer-og-enheter/politisk-ledelse/2012/torstein-tvedt-solberg.html?id=700112 Politisk rådgiver Torstein Tvedt Solberg (AP)
  2. Web site: Torstein Tvedt Solberg ny leder av Rogaland Ap . . 8 March 2020 . 4 April 2024 . no.
  3. Web site: Torstein Tvedt Solberg ferdig som leder i Rogaland Ap – erstatteren er pekt ut . . 3 March 2022 . 4 April 2024 . no.
  4. Siri Wichne Pedersen (8 December 2013): Torstein Tvedt Solberg Ap sin toer NRK, retrieved 10 July 2013
  5. Web site: Stortingspolitiker gir seg: Mener Støre ikke er framtiden for Arbeiderpartiet . NRK Rogaland . 4 April 2024 . 4 April 2024 . no.
  6. Web site: Brutalt ærlig Ap-politiker kaster inn håndkleet: Har vært flau over å sitte på Stortinget . . 4 April 2024 . 4 April 2024 . no.