| Ketil Solvik-Olsen | |
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| Member of Parliament for Rogaland |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 12 September 2005 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 February 1972 Time, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Progress Party |
| Children | Two |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Church of Norway (until 2010) Christianity (since 2010)[1] |
Ketil Solvik-Olsen (born 14 February 1972) is a Norwegian politician and Member of Parliament for the Progress Party, where he currently holds the position as Spokesperson on Energy and Environmental Issues.
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Solvik-Olsen was born in Time to self-employed business-man Aksel Emil Solvik-Olsen (born 1943) and socionom Berit Lagergren (born 1943). From 1989 to 1990 he was an exchange student at Blissfield High School, Michigan, USA, and from 1994 to 1997 studied political science and social economics (summa cum laude) at the University of Toledo, Ohio, USA.[2]
He is a personally Christian, and was a member of the Church of Norway until he withdrew in 2010 after leaders of the church had publicly opposed oil exploration in Lofoten and Vesterålen, with Solvik-Olsen strongly opposing the church getting involved in "party politics". He is connected to Pentecostalism, in that he feels a close belonging with the Pentecostal congregation Filadelfia. His wife is also a member of the congregation, and his two children is christened there.[1]
He is married, and has two children.[3]
Solvik-Olsen joined the Progress Party already as a fifteen year-old.[4] He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 2005, and consecutively in 2009.
Solvik-Olsen has stated that he thinks Norway needs a "libertarianism which is pragmatic". He is also noted for being critical of the current Red-Green governmental environmental policies, in that he claims it is too much based on "symbol politics" and "ambitious goals", instead of seeking feasible realistic options. He has also said that he is personally social conservative, though is liberal with regards to how other people wish to live their lives.[5]
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