Prime Minister of Norway fined $ 2,300 for celebrating birthday with more than 10 people

Norwegian police fined the country’s prime minister Erna Solberg 20,000 crowns (about $ 2,300) on Friday for celebrating her birthday. and thereby violate the restrictions set by the authorities to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Solberg’s family reunited two consecutive nights at the end of February to celebrate Solberg’s 60th birthday: one in a restaurant and the other in an apartment in the Geilo winter resort (south-east), in both cases with more than ten people, infringing the regulations in force.

Solberg was unable to make it to the restaurant as she had to travel to Oslo to be treated by an ophthalmologist, while she was present the next day, but the police consider that she was the one who organized the two events and that as head of government she deserves a fineThis is not the case with her husband, who will only receive a warning.

“Solberg is the most prominent elected person in the country. The police consider it correct to react with a fine “Regional police chief Ole B. Sæverud said at a press conference.

Sæverud pointed out that although the law is the same for everyone, “Not all are the same” And that the fact that Solberg is the visible leader of government action against the COVID-19 disease warrants the punishment.

Police opened an investigation on March 19 after the case was reported by Norwegian public television NRK.

“I, who talk to Norwegians about the rules every day, should know them better. But the truth is, I haven’t done well enough and I didn’t know that when a family is dating and there are more than ten, then it should be considered an event “Solberg then told the public network.

The Prime Minister, in office in 2013, also apologized for what happened on his Facebook page.

(With information from EFE)

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