Svein Harberg

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Svein Harberg
First Vice President of the Storting
Assumed office
9 October 2021
PresidentEva Kristin Hansen
Masud Gharahkhani
Preceded byEva Kristin Hansen
Member of the Storting
Assumed office
1 October 2009
ConstituencyAust-Agder
Mayor of Grimstad
In office
2003–2007
Preceded byPer Svenningsen
Succeeded byHans Antonsen
Personal details
Born (1958-07-30) 30 July 1958 (age 65)
Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Political partyConservative
Children4
OccupationBusinessman
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

Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs from 2009 to 2023. He was reelected to the Storting for the periods 2013–2017, 2017–2021 and 2021–2025, and was member of the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs from 2013 to 2017, and the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs from 2017.[2]

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

  1. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "Harberg, Svein (1958-)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Vil ha ett Agder-fylke" (in Norwegian). NRK Sørlandet. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Nytt presidentskap på plass i Stortinget" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Han leder jakten på ny president" (in Norwegian). NRK. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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