Olve Grotle

Olve Grotle (born 17 February 1964) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He is a former mayor of the municipalities of Førde and Sunnfjord and has been a member of the Storting since 2021.

Olve Grotle
Born	(1964-02-17) 17 February 1964 (age 61) Bremanger, Norway
Alma mater	University of Bergen
Occupation(s)	Barrister Politician
Political party	Conservative Party

Biography

Grotle was born in Bremanger on 17 February 1964. After graduating in jurisprudence from the University of Bergen, he worked as a barrister from 1989 to 2011.^[1]

He served as mayor of the municipality of Førde in 2011.^[2] He was the first mayor of the new municipality of Sunnfjord in 2020, after the merger between Førde, Naustdal, Jølster, and Gaular.^[3]

He was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Sogn og Fjordane for the period 2021–2025 for the Conservative Party.^[4][5] In the Storting, he is a member of the Standing Committee on Business and Industry for the period 2021 to 2025.^[4]