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House prices during each governing mayor's tenure

Every governing mayor since 1991, ranked by how house prices changed from their first day in office, next to Norway over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#Governing mayorCityIn officeTotalvs NorwayPer yearChart
1 Fritz Huitfeldt Oslo 15 Jan 1997 – 29 Nov 2000 +80.5% Q4 1996 → Q3 2000+26.1 pts Norway +54.4%+17.1%/yr
2 Erling Lae Oslo 29 Nov 2000 – 29 Sep 2009 +70.4% Q3 2000 → Q2 2009−5.6 pts Norway +75.9%+6.3%/yr
3 Rune Gerhardsen Oslo 1 Jan 1992 – 15 Jan 1997 from Q1 1992+59.3% Q1 1992 → Q4 1996+20.4 pts Norway +38.8%+10.3%/yr
4 Raymond Johansen Oslo 21 Oct 2015 – 25 Oct 2023 +54.8% Q3 2015 → Q3 2023+15.1 pts Norway +39.8%+5.6%/yr
5 Stian Berger Røsland Oslo 29 Sep 2009 – 21 Oct 2015 +53.7% Q2 2009 → Q3 2015+11.1 pts Norway +42.6%+7.1%/yr
6 Eirik Lae Solberg Oslo 25 Oct 2023 – now +8.4% Q3 2023 → Q3 2026−3.6 pts Norway +12.0%+2.7%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Norway is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. index, 2015 = 100 · Statistics Norway, price index for existing dwellings (table 07221), Oslo including Bærum, every type of dwelling, not seasonally adjusted, not adjusted for inflation, from 1992 · Oslo and Bærum (Statistics Norway's price region) data · as of Jul 2026.

Sources: Statistics Norway (quarterly national accounts, Labour Force Survey, employment and wages, consumer prices, house prices, population; Oslo's population, regional accounts, register-based employment and unemployment, earnings and offences reported to the police), Norges Bank (exchange rate), Norges Bank Investment Management (the Government Pension Fund Global's value), US Energy Information Administration (crude oil output), GISCO, World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; prime ministers checked against the official lists, Oslo's governing mayors against the city's own list. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. CreditsPrivacy