Erna Solberg

Erna Solberg MP
Solberg in 2017
Leader of the Opposition
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 October 2021
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Jonas Gahr Støre
Preceded by	Jonas Gahr Støre
In office 17 October 2005 – 16 October 2013
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Jens Stoltenberg
Succeeded by	Jens Stoltenberg
Leader of the Conservative Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2004
35th Prime Minister of Norway
In office 16 October 2013 – 14 October 2021
Monarch	Harald V
Preceded by	Jens Stoltenberg
Succeeded by	Jonas Gahr Støre
Minister of Local Government
In office 19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005
Prime Minister	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded by	Sylvia Brustad
Succeeded by	Åslaug Haga
Leader of the Conservative Women's Association
In office 7 March 1993 – 29 March 1998
Preceded by	Siri Frost Sterri
Succeeded by	Sonja Sjøli
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 October 1989
Constituency	Hordaland
Personal details
Born	(1961-02-24) 24 February 1961 (age 63) Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Sindre Finnes ​ (m. 1996)​ [1]
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Bergen
Website	https://erna.no/

Erna Solberg (ˌæːɳɑ ˈsuːlˈbærɡ; born 24 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician. She has been leader of the Conservative Party since 2004. She was the 35th Prime Minister of Norway from 2013 until 2021.^[2] Solberg lost her re-election in September 2021, after the Conservative party lost many seats in the election.^[3]

Solberg is the leader of the Conservative Party [as of 2024's first quarter].^[4]

As of the end of February 2024, two^[5] political parties have Solberg as the main candidate to lead a coalition of parties after the elections (for parliament) in 2025. The parties are KrF and the Conservative Party.

1. ↑ "Erna Solberg" (in Norwegian). Norske biografiske leksikon. 25 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
2. ↑ "Erna Solberg replaces Jens Stoltenberg as Norway's prime minister as centre-right bloc takes power". Daily Telegraph. Associated Press. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
3. ↑ "Conservative PM concedes defeat as in Norway's elections". AP NEWS. 2021-09-13. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
4. ↑ https://www.nrk.no/norge/solberg-saken_-_-blir-mer-alvorlig-for-hver-dag-som-gar-1.16604076. Retrieved 2023-10-21
5. ↑ Cite error: The named reference OnePlusOne was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).