When Høyre is to lift itself before the coming election, it will not happen under my leadership, says Solberg.
After twenty-two fantastic and rewarding years as party leader, of which eight as prime minister, I have decided that Høyre must find a new leader.
Solberg was the bourgeois prime minister candidate in this week's election, where Høyre backed down significantly and received 14.6 percent of the votes, a decline of 5.7 percentage points from the previous election and the worst election since 2005.
We and I must take responsibility for that, says Solberg.
Not least, it is my responsibility and I am incredibly sorry for it, says Solberg about the election result.
The 64-year-old Solberg was prime minister for eight years between 2013 and 2021 and has been Høyre's party leader since 2004. She has previously announced that she would not be Høyre's prime minister candidate in the 2029 election. Solberg says that she has requested that Høyre call a national meeting on February 13-15 where the party will elect a new leader.
The red-green parties with the Labour Party at the forefront won the election in Norway and the current Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre gets to continue governing.
The right-wing populist Progress Party became the second-largest party with 23.8 percent of the votes.
