Nikolai Astrup (politician)

Nikolai Astrup
Astrup in November 2012
Minister of Local Government
In office
24 January 2020 – 14 October 2021
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byMonica Mæland
Succeeded byBjørn Arild Gram
Minister of Digitalisation
In office
22 January 2019 – 24 January 2020
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLinda Hofstad Helleland
Minister of International Development
In office
17 January 2018 – 22 January 2019
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byHeikki Holmås (2013)
Succeeded byDag Inge Ulstein
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Assumed office
1 October 2009
DeputyAstrid Nøklebye Heiberg
Camilla Strandskog
Eirik Lae Solberg
ConstituencyOslo
Leader of the Oslo Conservatives
In office
28 January 2012 – 27 January 2018
DeputyKristin Vinje
Preceded byMichael Tetzschner
Succeeded byHeidi Nordby Lunde
Personal details
Born
Nikolai Eivindssøn Astrup

(1978-06-12) 12 June 1978 (age 46)
Oslo, Norway
Political partyConservative
Children3
Alma materLondon School of Economics

Nikolai Eivindssøn Astrup (born 12 June 1978) is a Norwegian politician representing the Conservative Party. He served as Minister of Local Government from 2020 to 2021.[1] Previously he served as the Minister of International Development from 2018 to 2019 in Prime Minister Erna Solberg's cabinet, being the first since Heikki Holmås from 2012 to 2013. In 2019, he also became the first Minister of Digitalisation after the Christian Democratic Party joined the Cabinet, a post he served in until 2020.

  1. ^ "Den nye regjeringen presentert på Slottsplassen" (in Norwegian). Romerikes Blad. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.