Eirik Lae Solberg

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Eirik Lae Solberg
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Governing Mayor of Oslo
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 October 2023
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Governing Mayor of Oslo
Eirik Lae Solberg
25 October 2023Incumbent  Conservative
Deputy Governing Mayor
Hallstein Bjercke
25 October 2023Incumbent  Liberal
City Commissioner for Finance
Hallstein Bjercke
25 October 2023Incumbent  Liberal
City Commissioner for Transport and the Environment
Marit Vea
25 October 2023Incumbent  Liberal
City Commissioner for Health
Saliba Andreas Korkunc
25 October 2023Incumbent  Conservative
City Commissioner for Education25 October 2023Incumbent  Conservative
City Commissioner for Urban Development
James Stove Lorentzen
25 October 2023Incumbent  Conservative
City Commissioner for Social Services
Julianne Ferskaug
25 October 2023Incumbent  Liberal
City Commissioner for Culture and Industry
Anita Leirvik North
25 October 2023Incumbent  Conservative

Tenure

In mid November, he called on the national government to assist the municipality with police staffing and combating violence and criminal gangs. [10]

With strong blizzards covering large parts of Eastern Norway in January 2024, Lae Solberg advised the public to work from home and not utilise vehicles more than necessary. While several counties in region had closed their schools, he stated he would restrain from doing so in Oslo, citing their importance and a high threshold to do so. [11]

He and finance commissioner Hallstein Bjercke presented Oslo's 2025 budget in September 2024, which notably included a proposed increase of 63% in water and sewage fees for the next four years. Finance minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum accused the Conservatives of breaking election promises of maintaining decreased fees in municipalities they secured power in. Lae Solberg however criticsed Vedum for taking away millions of NOK from Oslo municipality through the national government's new revenue system for municipalities. [12]

In June 2025, the Progress Party withdrew their support for Lae Solberg's government, leaving it in a minority. The party stated that they were dissatisfied with the changes that the government had implemented. [13]

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. [14]

Personal life

Lae Solberg is married to Hanna Rommerud, with whom he has a son and a daughter. [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Eirik Lae Solberg ny finansbyråd" (in Norwegian). Oslo Høyre. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ny ledelse i Oslo Høyre" (in Norwegian). Oslo Høyre. 27 January 2018. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Heidi Nordby Lunde gjenvalgt som leder av Oslo Høyre" (in Norwegian). Vårt Oslo. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Oslo Høyres frontfigur grublet i to uker. Nå forlater han politikken" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Eirik Lae Solberg og Anne Lindboe innstilt på topp for Oslo Høyre" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Lae Solberg: − Vi tar sikte på et byråd bestående av Høyre og Venstre" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Oslo Frp snur - vil likevel forhandle med nytt byråd om samarbeid" (in Norwegian). NRK Oslo og Viken. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Slik skal Høyre og Venstre styre Oslo" (in Norwegian). NRK Oslo og Viken. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Her er Oslos nye byråd" (in Norwegian). NRK Oslo og Viken. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Nyvalgt byrådsleder bønnfaller regjeringen: − Fare for at strikken ryker" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Byrådet i Oslo oppfordrer til å ha hjemmekontor, men holder skolene åpne" (in Norwegian). NRK Stor-Oslo. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "Vedum refser Høyre: –⁠ Erna må si unnskyld" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Verdens Gang. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  13. ↑ Jakobsen, Karl Martin; Noem, Malin (10 June 2025). "Oslo Frps styre vedtar dramatisk brudd med byrådet: – Vi er ikke fornøyde" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Avisa Oslo . Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "Eirik Lae Solberg begynner i Deloitte" (in Norwegian). NTB Kommunikasjon. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "Fars jobb viktigst" (in Norwegian). FriFagbevegelse. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
Political offices
Preceded by Oslo City Commissioner for Finance
2014–2015		Succeeded by
Robert Steen
Preceded by Governing Mayor of Oslo
2023–present		Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party in Oslo
2018–2022		Succeeded by
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