Olve Grotle (born 17 February 1964) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He is a former mayor of the municipalities of Førde and Sunnfjord and has been a member of the Storting since 2021.

Olve Grotle
Born (1964-02-17) 17 February 1964 (age 60)
Bremanger, Norway
Alma materUniversity of Bergen
Occupation(s)Barrister
Politician
Political partyConservative Party

Biography edit

Grotle was born in Bremanger on 17 February 1964. After graduating in jurisprudence from the University of Bergen, he worked as a barrister from 1989 to 2011.[1]

He served as mayor of the municipality of Førde in 2011.[2] He was the first mayor of the new municipality of Sunnfjord in 2020, after the merger between Førde, Naustdal, Jølster, and Gaular.[3]

He was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Sogn og Fjordane for the period 2021–2025 for the Conservative Party.[4][5] In the Storting, he is a member of the Standing Committee on Business and Industry for the period 2021 to 2025.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Olve Grotle". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Olve Grotle". hoyre.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. ^ Hjetland, Geir Bjarte (12 September 2019). "– Dette er ikkje eit ekteskap, men eit valteknisk samarbeid". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Grotle, Olve (1964-)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  5. ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Stortingsrepresentantene 2021–2025". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 October 2021.