Claim: Olemic Thommessen, who was elected to the the supreme legislature of Norway in 2001, announced that he would step down after the controversies surrounding a building project for a new entrance to the garage for Stortinget.
Evidence: He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 2001, and has been re-elected on two occasions. Stortinget (Norwegian: Stortinget [ˈstûːʈɪŋə, "the great assembly") is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. On 8 March 2018 he announced that he would step down due to controversies surrounding a building project for a new entrance to the garage for Stortinget.