Norway’s new Petroleum & Energy Minister has spent most of his political life fighting to bring oil and gas activity to his home region of Lofoten and Vesteraalen. But his new job will not bring him any closer to that target.
Kjell-Borge Freiberg was an unknown name for most when he was appointed to succeed his fellow Progress Party member Terje Soviknes late last month, as the latter made a surprise decision to return to local politics and his children after less than two years in the job.
