Photo: City of Oslo
MY LIFE, MY CITY
Oslo, Norway
Degree Law at the University of Oslo
2009
His passion for politics
led to him being elected leader of the Oslo Young
Conservatives at the age of 22 when he joined
the board of the Young Conservatives National
Association. A year later, he was elected for the
first time to Oslo City Council, working closely with
education policy, the environmental, transport and
urban development. Following a period in private
legal practice, he was invited to return to politics in
2007 as Vice Mayor for Finance.