Hill-Marta Solberg (born 12 November 1951, in

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) is a

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politician for the Labour Party. During her career, she was a parliamentary representative for Nordland county from 1993-2009. She was the Minister of Health and Social Affairs for three years and then was the County Governor of Nordland county for nearly ten years. She retired on 15 November 2018.

Personal life

Hill-Marta Solberg was born on 12 November 1951 in

in Nordland county,

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to Arne J. Hansen and Borghild Jensen.

Education and career

Solberg took her

Examen artium Examen artium was the name of the academic certification conferred in Denmark and Norway, qualifying the student for admission to university studies. Examen artium was originally introduced as the entrance exam of the University of Copenhagen in 1 ...

in 1970. She then went to the

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teacher's school and got her degree in 1974. She began her teaching career in

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during the 1975-1976 school year. She then moved to

Harstad ( se, Hárstták) is the second-most populated municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is mostly located on the large island of Hinnøya. The municipal center is the town of Harstad, the most populous town in Central Hålogalan ...

to teach the next year, and then she moved to

to teach from 1977-1987. From 1983-1987, she served on the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

Sortland Municipality or is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vesterålen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sortland. Other population centres in Sortland include Bø, Holand, Holmsta ...

. She resigned from teaching in 1987 to run for mayor of

, a position that she won. She served as mayor from 1988 until 1993. During her political career, she rose to the position of Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and held that position from 1992 until 1997. Solberg was elected to represent Nordland county in the Parliament of Norway in 1993. She served four consecutive terms in Parliament until 2009. During her time in Parliament, she served in the cabinets of Prime Ministers

Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Brundtland (; born Gro Harlem, 20 April 1939) is a Norwegian politician ( Arbeiderpartiet), who served three terms as the 29th prime minister of Norway (1981, 1986–89, and 1990–96) and as the director-general of the World Health Organizat ...

and

Thorbjørn Jagland Thorbjørn Jagland (born Thorbjørn Johansen; , 5 November 1950) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He served as the secretary general of the Council of Europe from 2009 to 2019. He served as the 32nd prime minister of Norway from ...

as the Minister of Health and Social Affairs from 1 January 1994 until 17 October 1997. As she was serving in her final term in Parliament, the Cabinet of Norway named her to the position of County Governor of Nordland county in 2007. Since she was still serving in Parliament at that time, Ola Bjerkaas served as the acting governor from 2007 until the end of her parliamentary term in 2009 when she assumed the governorship. She served as governor until her retirement on 15 November 2018. From 2009-2018, she was the chair of the board for

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, the Norwegian government alcoholic beverage retailer.

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