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OSLO (Reuters) -Norwegian police said on Friday they have fined Prime Minister Erna Solberg for breaking COVID-19 social distancing rules when she organised a family gathering to celebrate her birthday.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg visits troops of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Pabrade, Lithuania September 8, 2020. REUTERS\/Ints Kalnins\/File Photo\/File Photo<\/figcaption>

The fine is for 20,000 Norwegian crowns ($2,352), police chief Ole Saeverud told a news conference.<\/p>\n

The two-term prime minister apologised last month for organising an event for her 60th birthday with 13 family members at a mountain resort in late February, despite a government ban on gatherings of more than 10 people.<\/p>\n

While the police would not have issued a fine in most such cases, the prime minister has been at the forefront of the government\u2019s work to impose restrictions, police said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThough the law is the same for all, all are not equal in front of the law,\u201d said Saeverud, justifying the fine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is therefore correct to issue a fine in order to uphold the general public\u2019s trust in the rules on social restrictions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Police said Solberg and her husband, Sindre Finnes, made the decision together to hold a celebration and picked the restaurant, with Finnes taking care of the practical arrangements.<\/p>\n

Though police said he had broken the law as well, he was not fined. The restaurant where the celebration took place was also found to have violated the law but it was not fined.<\/p>\n

\u201cSolberg is the country\u2019s leader and she has been at the forefront of the restrictions imposed to limit the spread of the virus,\u201d said Saeverud.<\/p>\n

The prime minister\u2019s office was not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n

Solberg, who faces elections for parliament in September, has championed strict rules to curb the spread of the coronavirus, resulting in some of Europe\u2019s lowest rates of infection and deaths.<\/p>\n

But the country saw a rapid rise in infections in the first quarter of 2021, led by more contagious variants of the virus, forcing the government to tighten restrictions in late March.<\/p>\n

($1 = 8.5029 Norwegian crowns)<\/p>\n

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