Olve Grotle Explained

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.

Biography

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.

He served as mayor of the municipality of Førde in 2011.^[1] He was the first mayor of the new municipality of Sunnfjord in 2020, after the merger between Førde, Naustdal, Jølster, and Gaular.^[2]

He was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Sogn og Fjordane for the period 2021–2025 for the Conservative Party.^{[3] [4]} In the Storting, he is a member of the Standing Committee on Business and Industry for the period 2021 to 2025.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olve Grotle . hoyre.no . 4 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130404165344/http://www.hoyre.no/Olve+Grotle.a_7VwRbI2AUgdjnF6B3RfQXe.ips . no . 3 October 2021.
2. Web site: – Dette er ikkje eit ekteskap, men eit valteknisk samarbeid . Geir Bjarte . Hjetland . nrk.no . 12 September 2019 . no . 3 October 2021.
3. Web site: Grotle, Olve (1964-) . stortinget.no . no . 3 October 2021.
4. Encyclopedia: Stortingsrepresentantene 2021–2025 . Knut Are . Tvedt . Knut Are Tvedt . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 3 October 2021.