Eirik Lae Solberg

Solberg holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a master's degree in European history and politics from the University of Cambridge.

Solberg was elected to the Oslo City Council in 2007, and led the committee on finance and the Conservative group from 2009 to 2013.

In 2014, he was appointed city commissioner for finance, a post he held until the Conservative coalition lost the 2015 local elections.{{cite web | url= https://www.oslohoyre.no/nyheter/eirik-lae-solberg-ny-finansbyrad/ | title = Eirik Lae Solberg ny finansbyråd | publisher = Oslo Høyre | date= 4 April 2014 | access-date= 2 July 2022 | language = no}}

Lae Solberg was elected deputy leader of the Oslo Conservative Party in 2018 with Heidi Nordby Lunde as leader, and was re-elected in 2020.{{cite web | url = https://www.oslohoyre.no/oslohoyre/ny-ledelse-i-oslo-hoyre/ | title = Ny ledelse i Oslo Høyre | publisher = Oslo Høyre | date = 27 January 2018 | access-date = 31 January 2018 | language = no | archive-date = 31 January 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180131023236/https://www.oslohoyre.no/oslohoyre/ny-ledelse-i-oslo-hoyre/ | url-status = dead }}{{cite web | url = https://www.vartoslo.no/anita-leirvik-north-anne-h-rygg-arnsten-linstad/heidi-nordby-lunde-gjenvalgt-som-leder-av-oslo-hoyre/113404 | title = Heidi Nordby Lunde gjenvalgt som leder av Oslo Høyre | publisher = Vårt Oslo | date = 25 January 2020 | access-date = 1 January 2024 | language = no}}

He was the Oslo Conservative Party's candidate for Governing Mayor in the 2019 local elections. He lost the election to incumbent Raymond Johansen, and resigned as the Conservatives' group leader. He did however retain his council seat.{{cite web | url= https://www.aftenposten.no/oslo/i/wP5lmd/oslo-hoeyres-frontfigur-grublet-i-to-uker-naa-forlater-han-politikken | title = Oslo Høyres frontfigur grublet i to uker. Nå forlater han politikken. | publisher = Aftenposten | date= 22 October 2019 | access-date= 2 July 2022 | language = no}}

On 1 July 2022, he was again chosen as the Oslo Conservatives' candidate for Governing Mayor for the 2023 local elections.{{cite web | url= https://www.aftenposten.no/oslo/i/Xqr7M7/eirik-lae-solberg-og-anne-lindboe-innstilt-paa-topp-for-oslo-hoeyre | title = Eirik Lae Solberg og Anne Lindboe innstilt på topp for Oslo Høyre | publisher = Aftenposten | date= 1 July 2022 | access-date= 2 July 2022 | language = no}} The Conservative block won a majority in the following election, and the Conservatives initially sought to form a new city government with the Liberal Party, Christian Democrats and the Progress Party, but these negotiations collapsed and the Conservatives then sought to form a minority government with only the Liberal Party.{{cite web | url = https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/4oAyzV/hoeyre-kaller-venstre-brudd-alvorlig-inviterer-de-borgerlige-partiene-til-moete-i-oslo | title = Lae Solberg: − Vi tar sikte på et byråd bestående av Høyre og Venstre | publisher = Verdens Gang | date = 26 September 2023 | access-date = 26 September 2023 | language = no}} The Progress Party had also ruled out a cooperation agreement with a new city government, citing they would not support a government they weren't a part of. However, they later backtracked and agreed to negotiate a cooperation agreement with the Conservatives and Liberals.{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/fylkesstyret-i-oslo-fremskrittsparti-om-samarbeid-med-byradet-1.16589989 | title = Oslo Frp snur - vil likevel forhandle med nytt byråd om samarbeid | publisher = NRK Oslo og Viken | date = 10 October 2023 | access-date = 11 October 2023 | language = no}} The parties presented their platform on 24 October.{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/hammersborgerklaeringen_-hoyre-og-venstre-sin-byradsplattform-for-oslo-2023_2027-1.16608181 | title = Slik skal Høyre og Venstre styre Oslo | publisher = NRK Oslo og Viken | date = 24 October 2023 | access-date = 24 October 2023 | language = no}}

Lae Solberg and his city government succeeded the Johansen government on 25 October 2023.{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/onsdag-presenteres-det-nye-borgerlige-byradet-i-oslo-1.16609368 | title = Her er Oslos nye byråd | publisher = NRK Oslo og Viken | date = 25 October 2023 | access-date = 25 October 2023 | language = no}}

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| title = Governing Mayor of Oslo

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{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Deputy Governing Mayor

| minister1 = Hallstein Bjercke

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{{Cabinet table minister

| title = City Commissioner for Finance

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{{Cabinet table minister

| title= City Commissioner for Transport and the Environment

| minister1= Marit Vea

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{{Cabinet table minister

| title= City Commissioner for Health

| minister1= Saliba Andreas Korkunc

| minister1_termstart= 25 October 2023

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{{Cabinet table minister

| title= City Commissioner for Education

| minister1= Julie Remen Midgarden

| minister1_termstart= 25 October 2023

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{{Cabinet table minister

| title= City Commissioner for Urban Development

| minister1= James Stove Lorentzen

| minister1_termstart= 25 October 2023

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{{Cabinet table minister

| title= City Commissioner for Social Services

| minister1= Julianne Ferskaug

| minister1_termstart= 25 October 2023

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{{Cabinet table minister

| title= City Commissioner for Culture and Industry

| minister1= Anita Leirvik North

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In mid November, he called on the national government to assist the municipality with police staffing and combating violence and criminal gangs.{{cite web | url = https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/O85POO/nyvalgt-byraadsleder-boennfaller-regjeringen-fare-for-at-strikken-ryker | title = Nyvalgt byrådsleder bønnfaller regjeringen: − Fare for at strikken ryker | publisher = Verdens Gang | date = 12 November 2023 | access-date = 12 November 2023 | language = no}}

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.{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/stor-oslo/byradslederen-i-oslo-vurderer-a-stenge-skolene_-_-hold-dere-unna-veiene-1.16725696 | title = Byrådet i Oslo oppfordrer til å ha hjemmekontor, men holder skolene åpne | publisher = NRK Stor-Oslo | date = 21 January 2024 | access-date = 22 January 2024 | language = no}}

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.{{cite web | url = https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/1MVP9J/vedum-refser-hoeyre-erna-maa-si-unnskyld | title = Vedum refser Høyre: –⁠ Erna må si unnskyld | publisher = Verdens Gang | date = 27 September 2024 | access-date = 28 September 2024 | language = nb}}

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.

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.

In 2020, Lae Solberg was hired to work for Deloitte as a strategic consultant for the public sector.{{cite web | url= https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/eirik-lae-solberg-begynner-i-deloitte?publisherId=89288&releaseId=17879191 | title = Eirik Lae Solberg begynner i Deloitte | publisher = NTB Kommunikasjon | date= 10 February 2020 | access-date= 2 July 2022 | language = no}}

Lae Solberg is married to Hanna Rommerud, with whom he has a son and a daughter.{{cite web | url= https://frifagbevegelse.no/article-6.158.58484.a1e3e14140 | title = Fars jobb viktigst | publisher = FriFagbevegelse | date= 17 December 2008 | access-date= 2 July 2022 | language = no}}

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Category:1971 births

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