Helge Solum Larsen

Helge Solum Larsen (14 January 1969 – 18 December 2015) was a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Liberal Party.

[3] In local politics he served several terms on the Stavanger city council, beginning as an alternate in 1987 and a full representative in 1991.

[2] In February 2012, Solum Larsen resigned from all his party positions after a 17-year-old girl accused him of raping her at the Rogaland Liberal Party's annual congress in Suldal;[6][7][8] he said that only consensual sex had occurred,[9][10] and was briefly admitted to the psychiatric clinic at Stavanger University Hospital.

[13] He left the Liberal Party,[2] but returned to politics in January 2014[14] and continued to serve on the Stavanger city council as an independent until October 2015.

[4] In local politics, Solum Larsen worked for integration and job opportunities for immigrants and for treatment-based policies towards drug addicts.