Rein Lae Solberg

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Rein Lae Solberg, Solbakken 2,N-1640 Råde, Norway
Ph/Fax: (+47) 69 285833 or. Ph/answ: (+47) 69 284170 (privat)
Firm registration number: 977 076129 MVA

Rein Lae Solberg was born in 1935. He retired as Lt.Col. from the Norwegian Airforce in 1994 after nearly 40 years of service as navigator/pilot/staff officer. (7500 flying hrs).

He lives in Raade, Ostfold County, 70 km Southeast of Oslo and is married to Nan (Scottish). They have three children and three grandchildren.

Rein Lae Solberg started with roses as a hobby in 1977 in San Antonio, Texas. Founded the Norwegian Rose Society in 1982 and has functioned as the elected chairman for 12 years. Editor of the magazine Rosebladet (The Roseleaf) for many years. Co-editor of the Society's book "List of Rose Varieties" (pictures and description of approximately 390 varieties suitable for Norway) in 1995. Photographing, especially of roses and flowers, is another hobby he has had for many years.

In 1994 he started his own firm "RoseExperten" (The RoseExpert). The firm does lectures, seminars, writes articles and makes laminated rosesigns for nurseries, rents out fine quality rosepictures (slides), translates rosebooks, etc. Mr. Solberg has also been co-editor of the large Readers Digest Garden Book, new edition in 1995, section roses from page 134. He has recently translated Gilly Loves wonderful book "Roses" into Norwegian. It was published October 1997.
The firm RoseExperten will specialize in selling historic and hardy shrub roses from fall 1998.
Since 1996 he has given guest lectures on roses at the Agricultural University at Aas (NLH)
South of Oslo.

More about Rein Lae Solberg
IInternationally Mr. Solberg has participated as a rose judge in several trial gardens. He was in 1997 elected Vice President Europe, of the World Federation of Rose Societies (WFRS). He evaluates all the new roses in the Tomb Rose Garden each year and calculates out the results.
He is also a known guest speaker on roses at the Norwegian Agricultural College at Aas, South of Oslo.
In 1999 he will be the co-ordinator of the Regional WFRS Rose Conference in Sweden/Finland , which will take place in mid July.

Mr Solberg is also into politics. He is an elected Conservative Member of the Community Political Council 1999-2003.
He is also the  leader of Raade Høyre (The Raade Conservative Party).