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Lars Sponheim was born on 23 May, 1957 in Halden, Østfold, Norway, is a Norwegian politician. Discover Lars Sponheim's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 23 May 1957
Birthday 23 May
Birthplace Halden, Østfold, Norway
Nationality Norway

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Lars Sponheim Net Worth

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1957

Lars Sponheim (born 23 May 1957) is a Norwegian politician.

1981

In 1981 he achieved a degree in agricultural science at the Agricultural University of Norway.

1985

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.

1988

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.

1993

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 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.

1996

He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2010.

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.

1997

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.

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.

2001

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".

2005

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

2009

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.

2010

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.

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.

On 19 March 2010, it was announced that Sponheim would become the new County Governor of Hordaland, replacing the retiring Svein Alsaker.

2011

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.

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.