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

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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

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  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.