Solveig Schytz | |
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| Akershus County Commissioner for Planning, Cultural Heritage, Climate and the Environment | |
| Assumed office 17 October 2023 | |
| Cabinet Chair | Anette Solli |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Deputy Member of theStorting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2013 | |
| Deputising for | Abid Raja(2020–2021) |
| Constituency | Akershus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1976-02-19)19 February 1976 (age 49) |
| Political party | Liberal |
Solveig Schytz (born 19 February 1976) is a Norwegian politician for theLiberal Party. She has served as deputy member of parliament forAkershus since 2013. She has also served as the Akershus county commissioner for planning, cultural heritage, climate and the environment since 2023.
Schytz was elected as a deputy member forAkershus at the2013 election. She was re-elected in2017 and2021. She deputised forAbid Raja when he served as minister of culture inErna Solberg's government between January 2020 and October 2021.[1]
In parliament, she sat on theStanding Committee on Justice between January and November 2020, before moving to theStanding Committee on Education and Research, where she throughout the remainder of the parliamentary term. Between October 2020 and October 2021 she also served as the party's deputy whip.
In 2021, Solveig Schytz proposed theWorld Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and theWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) for the Nobel Peace Prize.[2]
Following the2023 Norwegian local elections, the Liberal Party managed to form acounty cabinet together with its coalition partners, led byAnette Solli. The county cabinet would preside overAkershus County Municipality, following the dissolution ofViken on 1 January 2024. Schytz was selected as county commissioner of planning, cultural artefacts, climate and the environment.[3]
She hails fromMolde Municipality.
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| New office | Akershus County Commissioner of Planning, Cultural Heritage, Climate and the Environment 2023–present | Incumbent |
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| Preceded by | Liberal Party Deputy Whip 2020–2021 | Succeeded by |
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