Finnes did not mention arms stocks in 2013 – was visible in the register for Solberg – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country

This shows news’s ​​access to a number of documents from the Prime Minister’s Office (SMK). Erna Solberg became Prime Minister in 2013. All ministers are responsible for finding out when they are incompetent. Then her husband Sindre Finnes told SMK that he owned shares in eight companies that they should be particularly aware of. Until Tuesday, SMK withheld information about which companies this concerned. But now the documents from SMK show that Finnes did not tell about the arms company Kongsberg Gruppen, which E24 has previously mentioned was an ownership stake. Kongsberg Gruppen, on the other hand, appears in the Shareholders’ Register in the following years, which Solberg, like all Norwegians, could look up for free. Then she would have seen that Finnes owned several shares that SMK had not been told about. This applies to shares in companies such as Norwegian Energy Company, Odfjell Drilling, Schibsted and Wallenius Wilhelmsen at the end of 2013, news’s ​​survey shows. Erna Solberg has not yet responded to news’s ​​inquiries about the case. These transactions he said about The documents released on Tuesday show what Finnes has told SMK about when he has bought and sold shares. When Solberg became prime minister, Finnes said that he owned shares in eight companies: This applied to the companies Qfree, Kongsberg Automotive Holding, Marine Harvest, Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA, TTS Group, Gjensidige forsikring ASA, Seadrill, Nordic Mining and Norsk Hydro, the documents show. In October 2014, one year after Solberg became prime minister, Finnes notified SMK that he had sold all his shares in a number of companies. This applies to Nordic Mining, Kongsberg Automotive, Scana Industrier, Avocet Mining, Bionor, TTS Group and Photocure. In 2015, Finnes says that he has sold shares in Seadrill and Odfjell Drilling. Said he joined a fund – still had shares Two years pass, and Finnes informs SMK in 2017 that he was in the process of making a “transfer of most of the shares to a mutual fund”. But the Shareholder Register, which is publicly available information, shows again that the information he provided is not correct. At the end of 2017, he is registered as the owner of shares in Schibsted, Marine Harvest, Independent Tankers Corporation LT, Western Bulk Chartering, Norsk Hydro, Blueye Robotics and Wallenius Wilhelmsen. After 2017, the documents do not show that there has been any dialogue between Finnes and SMK regarding the shares. Two weeks ago it became known that Finnes had traded a huge amount in shares, and Solberg claimed that she had been misled. The deal causes serious trouble for Solberg, who has been disqualified while she was prime minister. At the same time, Økokrim is considering whether to investigate whether financial secrets may have gone astray. SMK will not give the media access to documents that say something about how Solberg himself assessed his ability to handle cases involving companies.



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