Svein Harberg

Svein Harberg (born 30 July 1958) is a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Conservative Party. He served as a member of Parliament for Aust-Agder from 2009 to 2025, and the Storting's first Vice President from 2021 to 2025. He was also mayor of Grimstad Municipality from 2003 to 2007.

Political career Local politics Harberg was elected mayor of Grimstad Municipality following the 2003 local elections. In the Storting, he was member of the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs from 2009 to 2013. He was reelected to the Storting for the periods 2013–2017, 2017–2021 and 2021–2025, and was member of the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs from 2013 to 2017, and the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs from 2017. He became acting president of the Storting following Eva Kristin Hansen's resignation following the start of a police investigation into several MPs in a parliamentary housing scandal. He also expressed that the Labour Party should be the ones to find a successor to Hansen. As first Vice President, he was succeeded by Morten Wold in October 2025.

In April 2024, he announced that he wouldn't be seeking re-election at the 2025 election.

Personal life Harberg was born in Bergen on 30 July 1958, a son of Lars Harberg and Odlaug Møkkelgjerd.

Harberg is married, and has four children with his wife.