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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 39) Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Political party	Labour
Domestic partner	Ina Libak
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Oslo

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.

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.

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.

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.

Parliament

He served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Rogaland between 2009 and 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. 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.

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

Personal life

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

References

1. ^ Politisk rådgiver Torstein Tvedt Solberg (AP) (in Norwegian) Regjeringen.no, retrieved 10 July 2013
2. "Torstein Tvedt Solberg ny leder av Rogaland Ap" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2024.(subscription required)
3. "Torstein Tvedt Solberg ferdig som leder i Rogaland Ap – erstatteren er pekt ut" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2024.(subscription required)
4. "Torstein Tvedt Solberg" (in Norwegian). Storting.
5. Siri Wichne Pedersen (8 December 2013): Torstein Tvedt Solberg Ap sin toer (in Norwegian) NRK, retrieved 10 July 2013
6. "Stortingspolitiker gir seg: Mener Støre ikke er framtiden for Arbeiderpartiet" (in Norwegian). NRK Rogaland. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
7. "Brutalt ærlig Ap-politiker kaster inn håndkleet: Har vært flau over å sitte på Stortinget" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.(subscription required)

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