page_title: Erna Solberg
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Erna Solberg / Political career
caption_attribution_description: no:Erna Solberg at party congress for no:Høyre 2009
context_page_description: Erna Solberg is a Norwegian politician serving as Prime Minister of Norway since 2013 and Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004. She has been given the nickname "Iron Erna"; this was inspired by Margaret Thatcher being termed the "Iron Lady".
  Solberg was first elected to be a member of the Storting in 1989, and served as Minister of Local Government and Regional Development in Bondevik's Second Cabinet from 2001 to 2005. During her tenure she oversaw the tightening of immigration policy and the preparation of a proposed reform of the administrative divisions of Norway. After the 2005 election, she chaired the Conservative Party parliamentary group until 2013. Solberg has emphasized the social and ideological basis of Conservative policies, although the party also has become visibly more pragmatic.
  After winning the September 2013 election, she became the 28th Prime Minister of Norway and the second female to hold the position after Gro Harlem Brundtland. Solberg's Cabinet, often referred to informally as the "Blue-Blue Cabinet", was initially a two-party minority government consisting of the Conservative and Progress parties.
caption: Erna Solberg during a party congress in 2009.
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