--- title: Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go description: Prime Minister Erna Solberg was caught playing the game during debate in Norway's parliament. canonical: https://time.com/4520653/norwegian-prime-minster-erna-solberg-pokemon-go/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-05T23:37:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:26.685Z article:section: World og:title: Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament og:description: She isn't the only Norwegian politician who plays the game og:url: https://time.com/4520653/norwegian-prime-minster-erna-solberg-pokemon-go/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament twitter:description: She isn't the only Norwegian politician who plays the game twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing _Pokémon Go_ in Parliament by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 5, 2016 11:37 PM CUT by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 5, 2016 11:37 PM CUT _Pokémon Go_\-mania may have [peaked in the U.S.](http://time.com/money/4422567/nintendo-stock-pokemon-go-earnings/ "undefined") but the mobile game is still popular among Norwegian politicians. Prime Minister Erna Solberg was caught red-handed playing [Pokémon Go](http://time.com/money/4407116/pokemon-go-save-data/ "undefined") during a debate in parliament. A photo captured Solberg playing the game Tuesday, the _Guardian_ [reports](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/05/norway-prime-minister-caught-playing-pokemon-go-parliament-erna-solberg "undefined").  Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway speaks during a high-level meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 19, 2016. Lucas Jackson—Reuters The prime minister isn’t the only Norwegian politician who caught playing Pokémon Go during an official session. The woman who was speaking while Solberg was playing, the leader of Norway’s Liberal party Trine Skei Grande, was seen tapping away at the game during a national security meeting in August. Grande tweeted her amusement early Wednesday: “She heard what I said, we ladies can do two things at the same time you know,” the Guardian translates. > [](https://twitter.com/Trinesg/status/783549174902059008) \[[The _Guardian_](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/05/norway-prime-minister-caught-playing-pokemon-go-parliament-erna-solberg "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4520653/norwegian-prime-minster-erna-solberg-pokemon-go/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4520653/norwegian-prime-minster-erna-solberg-pokemon-go/"},"headline":"Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament","datePublished":"2016-10-05T23:37:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:26.685Z","description":"She isn't the only Norwegian politician who plays the game","url":"https://time.com/4520653/norwegian-prime-minster-erna-solberg-pokemon-go/","keywords":["norway","europe","pokemon go"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/norway/","name":"norway"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4520653/norwegian-prime-minster-erna-solberg-pokemon-go/","name":"Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament"}}]}] ```