Svein Harberg
Svein Harberg | |
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First Vice President of the Storting | |
Assumed office 9 October 2021 | |
President | Eva Kristin Hansen Masud Gharahkhani |
Preceded by | Eva Kristin Hansen |
Member of the Storting | |
Assumed office 1 October 2009 | |
Constituency | Aust-Agder |
Mayor of Grimstad | |
In office 2003–2007 | |
Preceded by | Per Svenningsen |
Succeeded by | Hans Antonsen |
Personal details | |
Born | Bergen, Hordaland, Norway | 30 July 1958
Political party | Conservative |
Children | 4 |
Occupation | Businessman Politician |
Svein Harberg (born 30 July 1958) is a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Conservative Party. He has served as an member of Parliament for Aust-Agder since 2009, and the Storting's first Vice President since 2021. He was also mayor of Grimstad from 2003 to 2007.[1]
Political career
Local politics
Harberg was elected mayor of Grimstad following the 2003 local elections.[1] He didn't seek re-election in 2007.
Parliament
Harberg was elected to the
He was elected first vice president of the Storting following the 2021 election.[4] He became acting president of the Storting following Eva Kristin Hansen's resignation following the start of a police investigation into several MPs in a parliamentary housing scandal. He also expressed that the Labour Party should be the ones to find a successor to Hansen.[5]
Personal life
Harberg was born in Bergen on 30 July 1958, a son of Lars Harberg and Odlaug Møkkelgjerd.[2]
Harberg is married, and has four children with his wife.[3]
References
- ^ Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ a b c "Harberg, Svein (1958-)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Vil ha ett Agder-fylke" (in Norwegian). NRK Sørlandet. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Nytt presidentskap på plass i Stortinget" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Han leder jakten på ny president" (in Norwegian). NRK. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
External links
- "Svein Harberg" (in Norwegian). Storting.