Erna Solberg served as Prime Minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021. She was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017, thus making her the second female to hold the position. 

Erna Solberg was born and educated in Bergen. In 1986, she graduated with her cand. mag. degree (equivalent to master's degree) in sociology, political science, statistics and economics from the University of Bergen.

Solberg was a deputy member of Bergen city council in the periods 1979–1983 and 1987–1989, the last period on the executive committee. She chaired local and municipal chapters of the Young Conservatives and the Conservative Party. She was first elected to the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) from Hordaland in 1989 and has been re-elected five times. She was also the leader of the national Conservative Women's Association, from 1994 to 1998.

From 2001 to 2005 Solberg served as the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development. From 2002 to 2004, Solberg served as deputy leader of the Conservative Party.Solberg has served as Leader of the Conservative Party since 2004. Solberg served as Leader of the Opposition from 2005 and 2013, and again from 2021 to present. She is the longest-serving Prime Minister of Norway from the Conservative Party. 

In 2016 the former Prime Minister began co-chairing the UN Secretary General’s Advocacy group for the Sustainable Development goals. Among the goals, she takes a particular interest in access to quality education for all, in particular girls and children in conflict areas. In 2022, Solberg became a board member of Global Citizen. 

In 2011, Solberg published a book called People, Not Billions.