Torstein Tvedt Solberg

Torstein Tvedt Solberg (born 2 March 1985) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He is currently a member of parliament for Rogaland since 2013, having previously been a deputy member between 2009 and 2013.

Torstein Tvedt Solberg
Member of the Storting
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2013
Constituency	Rogaland
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office 1 October 2009 – 30 September 2013
Constituency	Rogaland
Personal details
Born	(1985-03-02) 2 March 1985 (age 40) Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Political party	Labour
Domestic partner	Ina Libak
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Oslo

Education

Solberg attended Stavanger Cathedral School. He obtained a bachelor's degree at University of Rogaland a master's degree in Culture, Environment and Sustainability at the University of Oslo in 2013.^[1]

Political career

Local and youth politics

He was a member of Stavanger city council 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.^[1]

Tvedt Solberg was elected leader of the Rogaland Labour Party in 2020, succeeding Stanley Wirak. He was replaced by mayor of Gjesdal Frode Fjeldsbø at the 2022 convention.^[2][3]

Parliament

He served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Rogaland between 2009 and 2013.^[4] 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.^[5] He was re-elected in 2017 and 2021. He announced in April 2024 that he wouldn't be seeking re-election at the 2025 election.^[6]

From September 2012 to June 2013, he was a political advisor to Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske.^[1]

Personal life

Tvedt Solberg is in a domestic partnership with former Workers' Youth League leader Ina Libak, with whom he has one child.^[7]