The Conservative Party showed the tax returns from 2013 to 2021. They show that Solberg could see that Finnes’ fortune rose by millions. – I have to say that at the time I did not react or look at it, Solberg has previously told NTB. The tax report shows that from 2017 to 2021, the husband’s wealth increased steadily from NOK 6 million to NOK 9.4 million. The largest increase was on the eve of Solberg’s term as prime minister. – Erna Solberg, no matter how much she trusted her spouse, should have taken the simple step of sitting down and looking through the tax returns and attachments, every single year, says professor of tax law, Arvid Aage Skaar, at the University of Oslo to news. news has asked him to look at the figures that were recorded. They show items with large losses related to share trading, but also large gains. Solberg could have seen this if she had leafed through the tax returns. – Solberg has not been as careful as she should have been, Skaar asserts. – An amateur who is becoming a little more experienced Solberg has ended up in a crisis because Finnes’ share trading has made her ineligible as prime minister. Skaar emphasizes that it is her responsibility to have an overview, and to know what could put her in a conflict of interest. Finnes has asked for help from a lawyer after the case broke. Økokrim considers whether the case should be investigated. Solberg has not ruled out that Finnes may have obtained trade secrets because she was prime minister. But the law professor does not think there is anything in the figures to indicate that Finnes has acted on the basis of inside information. – Without being an expert in day trading, this seems to me like an amateur who gets a little more experienced over time, he says. He says that the losses are so great that the information Finnes may have had was not very reliable, or he may have misunderstood the information. – The large gains and losses in 2020 and 2021 confirm that main impression, he continues. Solberg was warned Finne’s share trading became a topic when Solberg became prime minister in 2013. The couple were then advised to freeze shares until a new government had presented changes to the state budget for 2014. The advice came in a note at the Prime Minister’s office: “Problems related to the incoming prime minister’s ability – relationships related to spouse and close friends’. It was sent on 11 October 2013 from then head of expedition Heidi Heggenes at the Prime Minister’s office to Sindre Finnes. One of Erna Solberg’s most important advisers at the time, Julie Brodtkorb, was included in the email. “As can be seen from the note, our assessment is that there are some challenges that must be dealt with,” Heggenes wrote in the email. VG and DN have previously discussed the matter. In the memo, there are clear warning signs for Solberg – they believe that Solberg will have difficulties in keeping up-to-date on the share portfolio, and thus staying competent in all matters. The note states: Sindre Finnes has stated that he trades shares once or twice a month. SMK writes that, in their view, share trading will create challenges for Solberg, and that there will be difficulties in keeping abreast of the movement in the portfolio. The document states, among other things, that “[ …] it will then be difficult to have an overview of the portfolio’s importance for her competence in handling matters in the government.” SMK advised that no shares or financial instruments should be traded until a new government had presented changes to the state budget for 2014. SMK wrote that Sindre Finnes should give SMK an account of his current portfolio, so that Solberg’s integrity can be clarified, and that it should be clarified how this will be handled before Solberg takes office as prime minister. Sindre Finnes and his lawyer Thomas Skjelbred have not yet responded to news’s inquiries. Erna Solberg has not yet answered news’s inquiries.
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