[3] On 5 November 2021, Freiberg was excluded from his party after having allegedly leaked an internal document to Dagens Næringsliv.

During his tenure, Marion Celius of the Hadsel joint list was deputy mayor from 2007 to 2011, and then Inger Hope of the Conservative Party, from 2011 to 2015.

[7] Following the election, the Hadsel Conservatives formed a coalition with the Liberal Party and Melbu Cooperation list, with Freiberg as mayor.

Freiberg was appointed minister of petroleum and energy on 31 August 2018 following a minor reshuffle after Terje Søviknes and Ketil Solvik-Olsen resigned.

[11] In September 2018, after nearly a month in office, Freiberg wrote a debate post in iTromsø, where he expressed that he wanted the country to think long term when it came to the petroleum industry.