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Kjell-Børge Freiberg
Kjell-Børge Freiberg (born 27 April 1971) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party, formerly for the Progress Party who served as Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 2018 to 2019. He was also an MP for Nordland from 2017 to 2021 and mayor of Hadsel from 2007 to 2015. Career Freiberg served as the mayor of Hadsel from 2007 to 2015. Shortly after the end of his term as mayor, he was appointed as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. He held the position from October 2015 to June 2017, when he was replaced in a state Secretary reshuffle. Following the 2017 election, he was elected as a representative to the Storting from Nordland. Freiberg sought re-election for the 2021 election, but lost the nomination to Dagfinn Olsen in February 2021. On 25 November 2021, Freiberg was excluded from his party after having allegedly leaked an internal document to ''Dagens Næringsliv''. The document is said to have contained information of an investigation ...
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Kjell-Børge Freiberg (cropped)
Kjell-Børge Freiberg (born 27 April 1971) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party, formerly for the Progress Party who served as Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 2018 to 2019. He was also an MP for Nordland from 2017 to 2021. He currently serves as mayor of Hadsel Municipality since 2023, having done so previously from 2007 to 2015. Political career Parliament Following the 2017 election, he was elected as a representative to the Storting from Nordland. Freiberg sought re-election for the 2021 election, but lost the nomination to Dagfinn Olsen in February 2021. On 5 November 2021, Freiberg was excluded from his party after having allegedly leaked an internal document to ''Dagens Næringsliv''. The document is said to have contained information of an investigation into Nordland Progress Party leader Dagfinn Olsen for having allegedly breached party guidelines. Freiberg didn't protest the exclusion and thanked for the journey he had in the party. Local poli ...
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Minister Of Petroleum And Energy (Norway)
The Minister of Petroleum and Energy ( no, Olje- og energiministeren) is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The current minister is Terje Aasland. The ministry is responsible for the government's energy policy, including management of Norway's energy resources, including the valuable deposits of petroleum and hydroelectricity. Major subordinate agencies and companies include the Water Resources and Energy Directorate, the Petroleum Directorate, Petoro, Gassnova, Gassco, Enova, Statnett and a partial ownership of Statoil. The position was created on 11 January 1978 as a response to the increased importance of oil on the Norwegian continental shelf. The position was merged with the Minister of Trade and Industry between 1992 and 1996. The position has been held by seventeen people from five parties. No person has held the position for at least three years, resulting in one of the most volatile positions in the cabinet. Kåre Kristian ...
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People From Hadsel
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1971 Births
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners ar ...
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Dagbladet
''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newspaper of Norway, with a generally liberal progressive editorial outlook, to some extent associated with the movement of cultural radicalism in Scandinavian history. The paper edition had a circulation of 46,250 copies in 2016, down from a peak of 228,834 in 1994. The editor-in-chief is Alexandra Beverfjord, the political editor is Geir Ramnefjell, the news editor is Frode Hansen and the culture editor is Sigrid Hvidsten. ''Dagbladet'' is published six days a week and includes the additional feature magazine ''Magasinet'' every Saturday. Part of the daily tabloid is available at ''Dagbladet.no'', and more articles can be accessed through a paywall. The daily readership of ''Dagbladet''s online tabloid was 1.24 million in 2016. History '' ...
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Ketil Solvik-Olsen
Ketil Solvik-Olsen (born 14 February 1972) is a Norwegian politician of the Progress Party who has served as the party's first deputy leader since 2021. He also served as Minister of Transport and Communications from 2013 to 2018 and as the party’s second deputy leader from 2013 to 2019. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament for Rogaland from 2005, until deciding not to seek renomination in 2013. As of 2021, he is CEO of Seabrokers Fundamentering. Early life and education Solvik-Olsen was born and raised in Time, Rogaland to self-employed businessman Aksel Emil Solvik-Olsen (born 1943) and socionom Berit Lagergren (born 1943). After finishing Rosseland Elementary School, he attended Bryne Upper Secondary school, and later an International Baccalaureate at St. Olav Upper Secondary school in Stavanger from 1990 to 1992. He was an exchange student to the United States at Blissfield High School, Michigan from 1989 to 1990. From 1994 to 1997 he studied political science a ...
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Nettavisen
''Nettavisen'' is a Norwegian online newspaper, launched in 1996 as the first online-only newspaper in Norway. The current editor is Gunnar Stavrum. As of 2015 it was one of Norway's most popular news websites. History The online newspaper (its literal name in Norwegian) was launched on 1 November 1996, and was founded by Odd Harald Hauge, Stig Eide Sivertsen and Knut Ivar Skeid. In 1999 the newspaper was bought by Spray Sweden, which became part of Lycos Europe in 2000. In 2000 the founders of ''Nettavisen'' helped launch the (now-defunct) German sister site ''Netzeitung''. In 2002 ''Nettavisen'' was bought by Norway's largest commercial television channel '' TV 2''. Due to millions of NOK in deficits and resulting major staff cuts, on 23 October 2008 the board of ''TV 2'' decided to initiate negotiations with its owners, Egmont and Amedia, to sell the newspaper. From 2009 ''Nettavisen'' has been owned directly by Egmont and Amedia. The newspaper has been part of the media comp ...
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Verdens Gang
''Verdens Gang'' ("The course of the world"), generally known under the abbreviation ''VG'', is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper. In 2016, circulation numbers stood at 93,883, having declined from a peak circulation of 390,510 in 2002. ''VG'' is nevertheless the most read online newspaper in Norway, with about 2 million daily readers. Verdens Gang AS is a private company wholly owned by the public company Schibsted. History and profile ''VG'' was established by members of the Norwegian resistance movement shortly after the country was liberated from German occupation in 1945. The first issue of the paper was published on 23 June 1945. Christian A. R. Christensen was the first editor-in-chief of ''VG'' from its start in 1945 to 1967 when he died. ''VG'' is based in Oslo. The paper is published in tabloid format. The owner is the media conglomerate Schibsted, which also owns Norway's largest newspaper, ''Aftenposten'', as well as newspapers in Sweden and Estonia and shares in some ...
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