Terje Søviknes

Terje Søviknes (2017)

Terje Søviknes (born February 28, 1969 ) is a Norwegian politician of the Fremskrittspartiet (FrP). From December 2016 to August 2018 he was the Minister for Oil and Energy in his country, and from December 2019 to January 2020 he was the Minister for Seniors and Public Health in his country.

Life

From 1995 to 2003 Søviknes was a member of the Parliament of Hordaland Province . From 1999 to 2016 and again from 2018 to 2019 he was mayor of the municipality of Os . Søviknes was the first FrP politician to be elected mayor. In the local elections in September 2019, he failed to become mayor of the newly founded Bjørnafjorden municipality .

From 1999 to 2001 he was deputy chairman of his party and was considered by the press as a possible successor to Carl I. Hagen , but he resigned from all offices at state level in 2001 after sexual contact with a minor at an event organized by the youth organization FpU became known .

His suggestion to have the "costs" calculated for the immigrants immediately sparked criticism.

He was a member of the Solberg government from December 20, 2016 to August 31, 2018 as Minister of Oil and Energy . In May 2019 he was re-elected as second deputy party chairman of the FrP. On December 18, 2019, he returned to the government as Minister for Seniors and Public Health. His party had wanted him to return so that all the politicians in the party leadership would also be involved in the government. He resigned from his new office on January 24, 2020, as the FrP had to leave the government .

Web links

Terje Søviknes in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
Storting biography (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

↑ Silje Thalberg: Søviknes er ferdig som ordfører. September 15, 2019, accessed on September 16, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).
↑ Ny leather trio i Frp: - Jeg er ikke Kronprins. Retrieved May 10, 2019 (Norwegian).
↑ David Vojislav Krekling: Olje- og energiminister Kjell-Børge Freiberg blir byttet ut. December 18, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).
↑ David Vojislav Krekling: Her er Solberg-regjeringen 4.0. In: NRK. January 24, 2020, accessed on January 24, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).

personal data
SURNAME	Søviknes, Terje
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian politician of the Fremskrittspartiet
DATE OF BIRTH	February 28, 1969

[1] Silje Thalberg: Søviknes er ferdig som ordfører. September 15, 2019, accessed on September 16, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).

[2] Ny leather trio i Frp: - Jeg er ikke Kronprins. Retrieved May 10, 2019 (Norwegian).

[3] David Vojislav Krekling: Olje- og energiminister Kjell-Børge Freiberg blir byttet ut. December 18, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).

[4] David Vojislav Krekling: Her er Solberg-regjeringen 4.0. In: NRK. January 24, 2020, accessed on January 24, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).