Ola Solberg (4 March 1886 – 1977) was aNorwegian newspaper editor and politician for theLabour Party.
He was born inHeradsbygd as a son of painter andsmallholder Otto Solberg (1861–1928) and his wife Olava Oppegaard (1863–1942). He studied and graduated from Elverum Teachers' College between 1904 and 1907, and then started his journalistic career. He was also a board member ofNorges Socialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund. He was a subeditor forSolungen from 1907 to 1908 before being editor-in-chief from 1908 to 1909. He was then subeditor inBratsberg-Demokraten for one year, journalist inSocial-Demokraten for one year before becoming editor-in-chief ofSørlandets Social-Demokrat in 1911. He was a member ofKristiansand city council for some time.[1] He left the newspaper in 1920, andOle Øisang took over.[2]
In 1924 Solberg became editor-in-chief of the newspaperTiden. He was a member ofArendal city council from 1928, and chaired the local branch (as he had done in Kristiansand). He was also elected to theParliament of Norway in1927,1930,1933 and1936, representing theMarket towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder counties. His last term was ended by theoccupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, during which his newspaper was also closed down.[1]
The newspaper resumed after the Second World War, and at the same time he became mayor.[1] He died in 1977.[3]