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'''Lars Sponheim''' (born 23 May 1957) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician. He has been the leader of the [[Liberal Party of Norway|Liberal Party]] since 1996. He was a member of the [[Storting]] from 1993 to 2009, and a government minister from 1997 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2005.


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'''Lars Sponheim''' (born 23 May 1957) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician. He was leader of the [[Liberal Party of Norway|Liberal Party]] from 1996 to 2010. He was a member of the [[Storting]] from 1993 to 2009, and a government minister from 1997 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2005. He served as County Governor of Vestland from 2010 to 2022, having served as the [[County Governor of Hordaland]] from 2010 until the office was merged with that of neighboring [[Sogn og Fjordane]] in 2019.
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Sponheim was born in [[Halden]], [[Østfold]]. In 1981 he achieved a degree in [[agricultural science]] at the [[Agricultural University of Norway]]. From 1988 to 1991, he was mayor of his home [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]], [[Ulvik]] in [[Hordaland]]. He is also a farmer, and with his family he runs the ancestral farm, ''Sponheim'', in Ulvik. He was elected to parliament as the Liberal Party's only representative in the [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 1993|1993 election]]. During his campaign he pledged that he would walk from his home in Ulvik to [[Oslo]] if elected, which he did. During his first term in parliament he tried to carve a place in Norwegian politics for the Liberal Party, who had been out of parliament since the [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 1985|1985 election]], and to make the party a potential partner in a new non-socialist government. In this he succeeded in the [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 1997|1997 elections]] when the Liberal Party gained 5 new seats in parliament and became junior partner in the centrist [[First cabinet Bondevik|first cabinet of Kjell Magne Bondevik]]. Sponheim became party leader in 1996, succeeding [[Odd Einar Dørum]]. Since 2006, he is the longest serving of the present party leaders in Norway.


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Sponheim was born in [[Halden]], [[Østfold]]. In 1981 he achieved a degree in [[agricultural science]] at the [[Agricultural University of Norway]]. From 1988 to 1991, he was mayor of his home [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]], [[Ulvik]] in [[Hordaland]]. He is also a farmer, and with his family he runs the ancestral farm, ''Sponheim'', in Ulvik. He was elected to parliament as the Liberal Party's only representative in the [[1993 Norwegian parliamentary election|1993 election]]. During his campaign he pledged that he would walk from his home in Ulvik to [[Oslo]] if elected, which he did. During his first term in parliament he tried to carve a place in Norwegian politics for the Liberal Party, who had been out of parliament since the [[1985 Norwegian parliamentary election|1985 election]], and to make the party a potential partner in a new non-socialist government. In this he succeeded in the [[1997 Norwegian parliamentary election|1997 elections]] when the Liberal Party gained 5 new seats in parliament and became junior partner in the centrist [[First cabinet Bondevik|first cabinet of Kjell Magne Bondevik]]. Sponheim became party leader in 1996, succeeding [[Odd Einar Dørum]], before stepping down in 2010. He is the longest serving leader in the party's history.
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In the first cabinet of Bondevik, from October 1997 to March 2000, Sponheim was [[Minister of Trade and Industry (Norway)|Minister of Trade and Industry]]. His main project in this position was to reduce the number of laws and regulations restricting business, especially small business. In the [[Second cabinet Bondevik|second Bondevik cabinet]], from October 2001 to October 2005, he was [[Minister of Agriculture (Norway)|Minister of Agriculture and Food]]. He used this position to promote Norwegian food in general and local agricultural specialties in particular, and to implement reforms aimed at making Norwegian agriculture more competitive. He also gained a lot of publicity for criticizing Norwegians traveling to [[Sweden]] in order to buy cheaper food, calling it "[[Harry (derogatory term)|Harry]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/&8216harry&8217-pottiness-stirs-swedishnorwegian-shop-war/40443/|title=‘Harry’ Pottiness Stirs Swedish-Norwegian Shop War|date=March 16, 2002|publisher=The Financial Express|accessdate=2009-03-23}}</ref>


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In the first cabinet of Bondevik, from October 1997 to March 2000, Sponheim was [[Minister of Trade and Industry (Norway)|Minister of Trade and Industry]]. His main project in this position was to reduce the number of laws and regulations restricting business, especially small business. In the [[Second cabinet Bondevik|second Bondevik cabinet]], from October 2001 to October 2005, he was [[Minister of Agriculture (Norway)|Minister of Agriculture and Food]]. He used this position to promote Norwegian food in general and local agricultural specialties in particular, and to implement reforms aimed at making Norwegian agriculture more competitive. He also gained much publicity for criticizing Norwegians traveling to [[Sweden]] in order to buy cheaper food, calling it "[[Harry (derogatory term)|Harry]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/&8216harry&8217-pottiness-stirs-swedishnorwegian-shop-war/40443/|title='Harry' Pottiness Stirs Swedish-Norwegian Shop War|date=March 16, 2002|publisher=The Financial Express|access-date=2009-03-23}}</ref>
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Sponheim was elected to a fourth consecutive term in the Storting in the [[Norwegian general election, 2005|2005 election]].


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Sponheim was elected to a fourth consecutive term in the Storting in the [[2005 Norwegian general election|2005 election]].
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In the [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009|2009 election]], the Liberal Party suffered a major defeat and lost eight out of their ten seats in parliament, including Sponheim's seat in Hordaland. Following this defeat, Sponheim announced on the election night that he would resign as party leader when the Liberal Party convenes in the spring 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article3268805.ece|title=Sponheim: - Jeg trekker meg |last=Barstad|first=Stina|coauthors=Claussen, Mona W.|date=September 15, 2009|publisher=[[Aftenposten]]|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2009-09-15}}</ref> On 19 March 2010, it was announced that Sponheim would become the new [[county governor]] for Hordaland, replacing the retiring [[Svein Alsaker]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=591877lsa|title=Sponheim får drømmejobben|date=19 March 2010|publisher=NTB/Verdens Gang|language=Norwegian|accessdate=20 March 2010}}</ref>

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In the [[2009 Norwegian parliamentary election|2009 election]], the Liberal Party suffered a major defeat and lost eight out of their ten seats in parliament, including Sponheim's seat in Hordaland. Following this defeat, Sponheim announced on the election night that he would resign as party leader when the Liberal Party convenes in the spring 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article3268805.ece |title=Sponheim: - Jeg trekker meg |last=Barstad |first=Stina |author2=Claussen, Mona W. |date=September 15, 2009 |publisher=[[Aftenposten]] |language=no |access-date=2009-09-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922214725/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article3268805.ece |archive-date=September 22, 2009 }}</ref> On 19 March 2010, it was announced that Sponheim would become the new [[List of County Governors of Hordaland|County Governor of Hordaland]], replacing the retiring [[Svein Alsaker]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=591877lsa|title=Sponheim får drømmejobben|date=19 March 2010|publisher=NTB/Verdens Gang|language=no|access-date=20 March 2010}}</ref> As county governor, Sponheim came into a dispute with the [[Bergen]] city government when he agreed with the opposition that the 2011 budget for Bergen illegally considered extraordinary [[dividend]] from [[Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap|BKK]] as regular income, and not as income which must be used for investments.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/06/10/nyheter/bergen/innenriks/lars_sponheim/16872616/|title=Lars Sponheim i tottene på Bergen by|last=Melgård|first=Marie|date=10 June 2011|publisher=Dagbladet|language=no|access-date=4 July 2011}}</ref>

On 2 March 2022, he announced that he would be retiring in early June and step down as county governor of Vestland. His successor, [[Liv Signe Navarsete]], was nominated on 3 June and assumed office on 1 September.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nn/vestland/nyhende/2022/03/lars-sponheim-blir-pensjonist-fra-sommaren/ | title = Lars Sponheim blir pensjonist frå sommaren | publisher = [[County Governor of Vestland|Statsforvalteren i Vestland]] | date= 2 March 2022 | accessdate= 7 September 2022 | language = no}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 04:51, 24 November 2024

Lars Sponheim
Sponheim in 2004.
Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 1993 – 30 September 2009
DeputyHarald Hove
May Britt Vihovde
ConstituencyHordaland
Minister of Trade and Industry
In office
17 October 1997 – 17 March 2000
Prime MinisterKjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded byGrete Knudsen
Succeeded byGrete Knudsen
Minister of Agriculture and Food
In office
19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005
Prime MinisterKjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded byBjarne Håkon Hanssen
Succeeded byTerje Riis-Johansen
Governor of Hordaland
In office
1 June 2010 – 31 December 2018
MonarchHarald V
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Erna Solberg
Preceded bySvein Alsaker
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Governor of Vestland
In office
1 January 2019 – 1 June 2022
MonarchHarald V
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Jonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byLiv Signe Navarsete
Leader of the Liberal Party
In office
6 April 1996 – 17 April 2010
Preceded byOdd Einar Dørum
Succeeded byTrine Skei Grande
Personal details
Born (1957-05-23) 23 May 1957 (age 67)
Halden, Østfold, Norway
Political partyLiberal
Children3
ResidenceBergen
Alma materAgricultural University of Norway

Lars Sponheim (born 23 May 1957) is a Norwegian politician. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2010. He was a member of the Storting from 1993 to 2009, and a government minister from 1997 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2005. He served as County Governor of Vestland from 2010 to 2022, having served as the County Governor of Hordaland from 2010 until the office was merged with that of neighboring Sogn og Fjordane in 2019.

Sponheim was born in Halden, Østfold. In 1981 he achieved a degree in agricultural science at the Agricultural University of Norway. From 1988 to 1991, he was mayor of his home municipality, Ulvik in Hordaland. He is also a farmer, and with his family he runs the ancestral farm, Sponheim, in Ulvik. He was elected to parliament as the Liberal Party's only representative in the 1993 election. During his campaign he pledged that he would walk from his home in Ulvik to Oslo if elected, which he did. During his first term in parliament he tried to carve a place in Norwegian politics for the Liberal Party, who had been out of parliament since the 1985 election, and to make the party a potential partner in a new non-socialist government. In this he succeeded in the 1997 elections when the Liberal Party gained 5 new seats in parliament and became junior partner in the centrist first cabinet of Kjell Magne Bondevik. Sponheim became party leader in 1996, succeeding Odd Einar Dørum, before stepping down in 2010. He is the longest serving leader in the party's history.

In the first cabinet of Bondevik, from October 1997 to March 2000, Sponheim was Minister of Trade and Industry. His main project in this position was to reduce the number of laws and regulations restricting business, especially small business. In the second Bondevik cabinet, from October 2001 to October 2005, he was Minister of Agriculture and Food. He used this position to promote Norwegian food in general and local agricultural specialties in particular, and to implement reforms aimed at making Norwegian agriculture more competitive. He also gained much publicity for criticizing Norwegians traveling to Sweden in order to buy cheaper food, calling it "Harry".[1]

Sponheim was elected to a fourth consecutive term in the Storting in the 2005 election.

In the 2009 election, the Liberal Party suffered a major defeat and lost eight out of their ten seats in parliament, including Sponheim's seat in Hordaland. Following this defeat, Sponheim announced on the election night that he would resign as party leader when the Liberal Party convenes in the spring 2010.[2] On 19 March 2010, it was announced that Sponheim would become the new County Governor of Hordaland, replacing the retiring Svein Alsaker.[3] As county governor, Sponheim came into a dispute with the Bergen city government when he agreed with the opposition that the 2011 budget for Bergen illegally considered extraordinary dividend from BKK as regular income, and not as income which must be used for investments.[4]

On 2 March 2022, he announced that he would be retiring in early June and step down as county governor of Vestland. His successor, Liv Signe Navarsete, was nominated on 3 June and assumed office on 1 September.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "'Harry' Pottiness Stirs Swedish-Norwegian Shop War". The Financial Express. March 16, 2002. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  2. ^ Barstad, Stina; Claussen, Mona W. (September 15, 2009). "Sponheim: - Jeg trekker meg" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Archived from the original on September 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  3. ^ "Sponheim får drømmejobben" (in Norwegian). NTB/Verdens Gang. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  4. ^ Melgård, Marie (10 June 2011). "Lars Sponheim i tottene på Bergen by" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Lars Sponheim blir pensjonist frå sommaren" (in Norwegian). Statsforvalteren i Vestland. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Trade and Industry
1997–2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Agriculture and Food
2001–2005 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Norwegian Liberal Party
1996–2010 		Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by County Governor of Hordaland
2010–2018 		Office abolished
(Merged into Vestland)
New office County Governor of Vestland
2019–2022 		Succeeded by
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