Lodve Solholm

{{short description|Norwegian politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name= Lodve Solholm

| image= 230px

| caption= Solholm’s Governor portrait

| office= Governor of Møre og Romsdal

| primeminister= Jens Stoltenberg
Erna Solberg

| term_start= 1 October 2009

| term_end= 31 December 2018

| predecessor= Ottar Befring

| successor= Else-May Botten

| office1= Member of the Norwegian Parliament

| term_start1= 1 October 1997

| term_end1= 30 September 2009

| constituency1= Møre og Romsdal

| term_start2= 1 October 1989

| term_end2= 30 September 1993

| constituency2= Møre og Romsdal

| office3= President of the Lagting

| vicepresident3= Odd Holten

| term_start3= 9 October 2001

| term_end3= 30 September 2005

| predecessor3= Odd Holten

| successor3= Inge Lønning

| office4= Deputy Mayor of Ålesund Municipality

| term_start4= 1 January 2007

| term_end4= 30 September 2009

| predecessor4= Knut Fylling

| successor4= Geir Stenseth

| office5= First Deputy Leader of the Progress Party

| term_start5= 16 April 1994

| term_end5= 2 May 1999

| leader5= Carl I. Hagen

| predecessor5= Ellen Wibe

| successor5= Siv Jensen

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1949|03|14|df=y}}

| birth_place= Vestnes Municipality, Norway

| party= Progress Party

}}

Lodve Solholm (born 14 March 1949 in Vestnes{{cite book |title=Hvem er hvem? |date=1994 |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |isbn=978-82-573-0486-7 |page=513 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hvem_er_hvem/iKIUAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Lodve+Solholm+%2214.+mars+1949%22&dq=Lodve+Solholm+%2214.+mars+1949%22&printsec=frontcover |access-date=16 December 2024 |language=no}}) was the county governor of Møre og Romsdal (from 2009 until retirement in 2018). He used to be a politician representing the Progress Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1989, serving until 1993; he was out of parliament from 1993 to 1997, but was re-elected in 1997, 2001, and 2005.{{stortingetbio|LOSO}}{{cite web |last1=Kjølås |first1=Harald |title=Lodve Solholm |url=https://snl.no/Lodve_Solholm |website=Store norske leksikon |access-date=16 December 2024 |language=no |date=26 November 2024}} He was President of the Lagting, 2001–2005.

He held various positions in the municipal council of Ørskog Municipality from 1977 to 1989, and was also a member of municipal council of Ålesund Municipality from 1999 to 2007. From 1979 to 1990 he was also a member of Møre og Romsdal county council.