Ketil Solvik-Olsen

Ketil Solvik-Olsen (2017)

Ketil Solvik-Olsen (born February 14, 1972 in Bryne ) is a Norwegian politician of the Fremskrittspartiet (FrP).

education and profession

In 1992 he passed the International Baccalaureate in Stavanger . From 1994 to 1996 he studied social economy and political science at the University of Toledo . He then did his master's degree in social economics there until 1997.

In 1997 he started working as a financial analyst at Leif Höegh . In 1998 he moved to Møller US Import (now Møller Mobiltz Group), where he worked as a project manager until 2000. He then returned to Leif Höegh as a project manager by 2001.

Political career

From 2001 to 2005 he was an advisor to the FrP group in the Norwegian parliament, the Storting . Between 2004 and 2005 he was chairman of his party in Oslo . Solvik-Olsen moved into Storting for the first time in 2005. There he represented the province of Rogaland for two legislative terms until 2013 . During this time he mainly dealt with energy and financial policy. Between October 2009 and September 2013 he was a member of his party's parliamentary group. From October 2011 to September 2013 he was also first deputy chairman of the finance committee. Both in the 2013 election and in the 2017 Storting election , he was only a Vararepresentant , i.e. only a potential successor to parliament. For private reasons he had decided not to be nominated to a higher position on the list. At the same time, he also criticized the fact that the discussions in parliament were unrealistic.

On May 26, 2013 he became the second deputy chairman of the FrP. In April 2019, he did not stand for re-election.

In the Solberg government , he was Minister for Transport and Communications from October 16, 2013 to August 31, 2018 . He retired from office for private reasons. His wife had accepted a job offer in Alabama .

Political positions

Solvik-Olsen has often appeared as a proponent of energy generation from thorium . After the reactor accident in Fukushima , in contrast to the politicians of the Sosialistisk Venstreparti (SV), he did not rely on the closure of the Norwegian nuclear power plants , but on the development of nuclear power plants that use the element thorium instead of uranium .

In terms of transport policy, he advocates that the road infrastructure is financed by taxpayers' money instead of tolls.

Web links

Commons : Ketil Solvik-Olsen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Short biography Parliament's website
• Entry on snl.no in the store norske leksikon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NTB: Listhaug and Søviknes innstilt som nestledere i Frp. Retrieved October 13, 2019 (Bokmål in Norwegian). 
2. ↑ TV 2 AS: Ketil Solvik-Olsen og Terje Søviknes går av. Accessed on October 13, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål). 
3. ↑ NRK: Frp vil satse mer på nuclear power. March 14, 2011, accessed on October 13, 2019 (Bokmål in Norwegian). 
4. ↑ NRK: Frp vil satse mer på nuclear power. March 14, 2011, accessed on October 13, 2019 (Bokmål in Norwegian). 
5. ↑ Friske meninger: - Stem Frp dersom du er i mot bompenger, Giske. Retrieved October 13, 2019 (Norwegian).