Torstein Tvedt Solberg (born 2 March 1985) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Education

Solberg attended

Stavanger Cathedral School Stavanger Cathedral School ('' Norwegian: Stavanger katedralskole'') is an upper secondary school in the city of Stavanger, Rogaland county, Norway. It is spread over two areas; the traditional Kongsgård and the school's new building in Bjergs ...

. He obtained a bachelor's degree at University of Rogaland a

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in Culture, Environment and Sustainability at the

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in 2013.Politisk rådgiver Torstein Tvedt Solberg (AP)

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, retrieved 10 July 2013

Political career

He was a member of

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from 2003 to 2011. He was active in Rogaland Workers' Youth League (AUF) for several years and headed it in 2005. He worked as a secretary for Rogaland AUF from 2005 to 2006 and worked as international secretary of the national from 2007 to 2009. He served as a deputy representative to the

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from

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...

during the term 2009–2013. He got the second spot on Rogaland Labour list for the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election, considered to be a safe mandate for the Labour Party.Siri Wichne Pedersen (8 December 2013)
Torstein Tvedt Solberg Ap sin toer

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, retrieved 10 July 2013 In September 2012, he was appointed political advisor to

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Trond Giske Trond Giske (born 7 November 1966) is a Norwegian former politician who served as deputy leader of the Labour Party from 2015 until his resignation in 2018 as a result of the so-called Giske affair. He announced his permanent withdrawal from pol ...

References

1985 births Living people Deputy members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Stavanger University of Oslo alumni 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1980s-stub