In 2017 , the Russian Embassy in Oslo had accused Norwegian officials and intelligence of using “ false and disconnected anti-Russian rhetoric ” and “ scaring Norway ’s population ” about a " mythical Russian threat " . In response , Prime Minister Solberg said : “ This is an example of Russian propaganda that often comes when there ’s a focus on security policy . There is nothing in this that ’s new to us . ” Solberg has tried to maintain and improve the China – Norway relations , which have been damaged since Norway decided to give the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in 2010 . In response to the death of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo , who died of organ failure while in government custody on 13 July 2017 , Solberg said that " It is with deep grief that I received the news of Liu Xiaobo 's passing . Liu Xiaobo was for decades a central voice for human rights and China 's further development . " In April 2008 , it was revealed that Solberg , as Minister of Local Government and Regional Development in 2004 , had rejected a request for asylum in Norway by the Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu . While the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration had been prepared to grant Vanunu asylum , it was then decided that the application could not be accepted because Vanunu 's application had been made outside the borders of Norway . An unclassified document revealed that Solberg and the government considered that extraditing Vanunu from Israel could be seen as an action against Israel and thus unfitting to the Norwegian government 's traditional position as a friend of Israel and as a political player in the Middle East . Solberg rejected this criticism and defended her decision
Nobel Peace Prize
2010 Nobel Peace Prize
Erna Solberg