Peter Christian Frølich

Peter Christian Frølich (born 17 September 1987) is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party. He has served as a member of parliament for Hordaland since 2013.

Early life Frølich was educated at Bergen Handelsgymnasium, an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway, from 2003 to 2006.

Frølich was conscripted into the Norwegian Armed Forces from 2006 to 2007.

Party politics Frølich had been considered as one of the candidates to potentially succeed Erna Solberg after she announced her resignation following the 2025 parliamentary election. Frølich later announced that he wouldn't seek the leadership due to family reasons, but was open to become deputy leader instead. In December, he withdrew his deputy leadership candidacy and instead expressed interest in succeeding Ine Eriksen Søreide as chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence if she is elected party leader.

Parliament Frølich was elected as a member of the Storting for Hordaland in the 2013 election. He has been re-elected since. He was also the main sponsor for an amendment to the Norwegian constitution, which would ensure judicial independence of the courts from any political interference in the event of authoritarian rule. The amendment was unanimously approved both in the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs and the full parliament.

Following the 2025 election, he moved to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence and additionally became the party's spokesperson on defence. In March 2026, he succeeded Ine Eriksen Søreide as the chair of the committee after she had been elected leader of the Conservative Party. He was rewarded another medal in May, the Medal of Honour by the Ukrainian National Military Academy for his volunteering aid to the country. In September, he was rewarded with the Defender of the Motherland Medal.

Civic career In 2013, Frølich started working as an associate lawyer at Norwegian law firm Kluge Advokatfirma.

In August 2026, Frølich suffered a severe heart attack after exercising and was swiftly hospitalised. As a result, he would go on a four to six weeks absence from parliamentary duties while in recovery.

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