Erna Solberg

prime minister of Norway

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Erna Solberg served as the prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021. She is a member of the Conservative Party. Solberg became prime minister after the Conservative Party-led bloc won the 2013 parliamentary elections, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg. Her tenure saw Norway maintain low unemployment rates and expand social services, though her government also faced criticism for high taxes and liberal immigration policies.12

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Political and social change
…96 seats, and Conservative leader Erna Solberg became the first prime minister from her party since 1990. She headed a minority coalition government with the Progress Party, whose anti-immigration stance had mitigated against attracting a third party to the coalition, preventing it from forming a majority government, .
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…96 seats, and Conservative leader Erna Solberg became the first prime minister from her party since 1990. She headed a minority coalition government with the Progress Party, whose anti-immigration stance had mitigated against attracting a third party to the coalition, preventing it from forming a majority government, .
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Jens Stoltenberg
…in October 2013 Conservative leader Erna Solberg became the first prime minister from her party since 1990.
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…in October 2013 Conservative leader Erna Solberg became the first prime minister from her party since 1990.
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