Two of Norway’s top female politicians facing consequences of husbands’ misdeeds

The political careers of Anniken Huitfeldt and Erna Solberg, two of Norway’s most powerful women, are under threat after it emerged that their husbands had been dealing shares behind their backs (Hannah McKay/Pool/AP)

The political careers of two of Norway’s most powerful women are under threat after it was revealed that their husbands had been trading in shares behind their backs.

Foreign minister Anniken Huitfeldt, of the centre-left Labour Party, and former conservative prime minister Erna Solberg are having to explain why they were making decisions in office that could potentially have enriched their spouses.