Terje Søviknes

Terje Søviknes (born 28 February 1969) is a Norwegian politician who was the first representative of the Progress Party to become mayor of a Norwegian municipality, namely Os, Hordaland.

Søviknes was considered a possible successor to Carl I. Hagen as chairman of the party, but he became controversial after an incident at a party congress where he had committed adultery with a 16-year-old intoxicated member of the Youth of the Progress Party. [http://www.ba.no/nyheter/politikk/article308926.ece] Søviknes is still mayor of Os and did not lose his local support after the incident.

References

*Store norske leksikon, entry on "Søviknes, Terje" [http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=10353959&o=1&search=S%c3%b8viknes Online entry (subscription required)] no icon