Ole Ueland
Ole Ueland | |
|---|---|
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| County Mayor of Rogaland | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2023 | |
| Deputy | Svein Erik Indbjo |
| Preceded by | Marianne Chesak |
| Mayor of Sola Municipality | |
| In office 20 October 2011 – 16 October 2019 | |
| Deputy | Jan Sigve Tjelta |
| Preceded by | Håkon Rege |
| Succeeded by | Tom Henning Slethei |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1983 |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Peter André Schwarz |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Oslo University College |
Ole Ueland (born 1983) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He has served as the county mayor of Rogaland since 2023. Prior to this, he was mayor of Sola Municipality from 2011 until 2019, and had other positions in his party.
Political career
Ueland joined the Conservative Party when he was 15, and in 1999 he became leader of the Sola chapter of the Norwegian Young Conservatives. From 2001 he was leader of the local chapter of the party. He served as county secretary for the county chapter of the Young Conservatives from 2002 until 2003. Afterwards he worked as a campaign secretary for Rogland Conservative Party and advisor for mayor of Stavanger Municipality, Leif Johan Sevland from 2005 until 2007.[1]
Ueland was elected to the municipal council of Sola Municipality for the first time in 2003, and became member of the formannskap in 2007.[2]
In 2011 he was elected as mayor of Sola Municipality following talks with the Christian Democratic Party and Liberal Party. At 28 years old, he was one of the youngest mayors in the country.[3][4] He was reelected as mayor in 2015, continuing with the same coalition from his first term.[5]
From 2010 until 2012, he was leader of the county chapter of the Conservative Party.[1]
In 2023, he was elected county mayor of Rogaland following successful talks with the Progress Party, the Liberal Party and the Christian Democratic Party.[6][7]
Personal life
Ueland has a bachelor's degree in communications from Oslo University College.[8]
He is the grandson of former mayor and member of parliament Ole Gabriel Ueland and nephew of former mayor and predecessor Håkon Rege. He is directly descended from Norwegian liberal pioneer Ole Gabriel Ueland.[9]
He is married to Peter André Schwarz and has two children.[10][11]
References
- 1 2 "Ole Ueland". hoyre.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "Ole Ueland". Høyre (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "Slik blir det nye kommunestyret". Solabladet. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ Rollag Evensen, Mari (21 March 2013). "Ordfører (29) skjønner ikke broiler". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "Ueland Fortsetter som Ordfører". NRK (in Norwegian). 16 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "Høyre topper med Ole Ueland". Dagsavisen. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ↑ "Ole Ueland blir ny fylkesordfører". NRK Rogaland. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ↑ "Ole Ueland - vår fylkesordfører". Rogaland Høyre (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ Nedrebø, Rune (9 January 2003). "Oppflasket med politikk hos farfar". Stavanger Aftenblad. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ↑ "Sola-ordføreren ventet barn i Canada". Stavanger Aftenblad. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ↑ "Pappa Ole Ueland viste fram babylykke på fylkestinget". Stavanger Aftenblad. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2024.