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1 minute interview

What book are you currently reading?

I’m reading Lisa Marklund. Her latest. The latest one? Yes, I’ve read all her books. I like crime literature.

Which work tool do you appreciate the most in your office?

My iPhone and my biro. Perhaps the biro. I use it all the time. I like taking notes and writing.

What is your hidden talent?

I paint. Not these days though. It’s been a while, but the paints and brushes are there. Perhaps I should start again. I’m into art.

As a child, what did you want to become when you grew up?

A hairdresser.

Short CV

Solveig Horne

is the Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion in Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s government which came to power on 16 October 2013

Solveig Horne has represented the Rogaland Progress Party as an MP since 2001

She has been a member of the parliament’s Justice Committee and been first deputy leader of the Family and Culture Committee

She was born in Haugesund in 1969, started work as a municipal politician in 1995 before becoming the leader of Sola Progress Party in 1998

Solveig Horne has a butcher’s trade certificate from 1990 and spent six years working as head of fresh foods at Samvirke Økonom

She has been a deputy member of the Norwegian parliament’s delegation to the Nordic Council of Ministers during two periods between 2005 and 2013.

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