Peter Christian Frølich

Peter Christian Frølich
Peter Christian Frølich
Chair of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 October 2021
First Vice Chair	Sverre Myrli ; Lubna Jaffery ; Frode Jacobsen
Second Vice Chair	Svein Harberg
Preceded by	Dag Terje Andersen
Member of the Storting
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 October 2013
Constituency	Hordaland
Personal details
Born	17 September 1987 (age 36); Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	University of Bergen

Peter Christian Frølich (born 17 September 1987) is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Norwegian parliament for Hordaland in 2013.^[1]

Early life

Frølich was educated at Bergen Handelsgymnasium, an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway, from 2003 to 2006.^[2]

Frølich was conscripted into the Norwegian Armed Forces from 2006 to 2007.^[2]

Frølich attended the University of Bergen from 2007 until 2012, graduating with a Master's degree in Law.^[2] During his studies, Frølich worked as a Security officer for G4S.^[2]

Career

Frølich was elected to Bergen City Council in 2011.^[3]

In 2013, Frølich started working as an associate lawyer at Norwegian law firm Kluge Advokatfirma.^[2]

Parliament

Frølich was elected as a member of the Storting for Hordaland in the 2013 election. He has been re-elected since.^[2]

Frølich joined the Standing Committee on Justice in 2013. He was promoted to Second Vice Chair in 2017.^[2]

In 2021, he additionally became chair of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs.^[2] As chair of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs, he oversaw the committee's inquires into impartiality and stock trading issues involving cabinet ministers of the Støre government and former prime minister Erna Solberg.^[4] He was also the main sponsor for an amendment to the Norwegian constitution, which would ensure judicial independence of the courts from any political interference in the event of authoritarian rule. The amendment was unanimously approved both in the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs and the full parliament.^[5]^[6]

In January 2024, he was given an Order of Merit, 3rd Class medal for his personal contribution in aiding Ukrainian society.^[7] He was rewarded another medal in May, the Medal of Honour by the Ukrainian National Military Academy for his volunteering aid to the country.^[8]

Personal life

Frølich identified Winston Churchill as his political idol.^[3] Frølich is married.^[3]

Honours

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Order of Merit, 3rd Class	Ukraine^[7]

References

^ Her er det nye Stortinget TV2. Retrieved 13 September 2013 (in Norwegian)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Biography: Frølich, Peter". Stortinget. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sølve Rydland (30 August 2013): Mentalt er eg nok ein 80-åring Archived 2013-09-11 at archive.today NRK. Retrieved 13 September 2013 (in Norwegian)
^ "Mye å ta tak i" (in Norwegian). NRK. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
^ "Skal hindre norsk Trump" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Dagbladet. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
^ "Grunnloven endret" (in Norwegian Bokmål). stortinget.no. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Høyre-topp får æresmedalje av Zelenskyj: − Takknemlig og rørt" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "Peter Frølich tildelt ukrainsk æresmedalje: – Veldig rørende" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Nettavisen. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

Political offices
Preceded by Kjell Ingolf Ropstad	Second Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice 2017–2021	Succeeded by Sveinung Stensland
Preceded by Dag Terje Andersen	Chair of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs 2021–present	Incumbent