{{Short description|Norwegian lawyer and politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Fabian Stang | image = Fabian Stang 2009.jpg | office = 66th Mayor of Oslo | term_start = 17 October 2007 | term_end = 21 October 2015 | 1blankname = Governing Mayor | 1namedata = Erling Lae <br> Stian Berger Røsland | deputy = Aud Kvalbein <br> Libe Rieber-Mohn | predecessor = Svenn Kristiansen | successor = Marianne Borgen | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|08|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Oslo, Norway | party = Conservative }} '''Richard Fabian Stang''' (born 19 August 1955) is a Norwegian lawyer and a politician for the Conservative Party.<ref name=news>[http://www.newsinenglish.no/2016/09/29/former-oslo-mayor-fights-off-depression/ "Former Oslo mayor fights off depression"] ''Views and News from Norway'', 29 September 2016</ref> He was Mayor of the city of Oslo from 2007 until 2015.
==Early life and education== Stang was born in Oslo. He is the son of Norwegian actress Wenche Foss<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1953319.ece |title=Power struggle broke out after Oslo's mayor resigned |access-date=6 June 2008 |publisher=Aftenposten |date=23 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329113109/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1953319.ece |archive-date=29 March 2008 |df= }}</ref> and entrepreneur Thomas Stang.
==Career== Stang was first elected Mayor of Oslo in 2007, and reelected in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2053299.ece |title=Oslo finally has mayor |access-date=6 June 2008 |publisher=Aftenposten |date=17 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629121633/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2053299.ece |archive-date=29 June 2011 |df= }}</ref>
In 2012 Stang spoke out in favour of increased immigration.<ref>[https://www.thelocal.no/20120314/oslo-mayor-welcomes-immigration-challenges "Oslo mayor welcomes immigrant boom"]. ''The Local'', 14 March 2012</ref>
Stang is a supporter of subsidies and perks for electric cars in the city.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304101504579545760417742286 "In Oslo, Electric Cars Drive Bus Operators Crazy"]. ''Wall Street Journal'', Ellen Emmerentze Jervell and John D. Stoll, 20 May 2014</ref><ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303722604579111052383880112 "Tesla Sedan Roars Ahead in Norway"]. ''Wall Street Journal'', 2 October 2013</ref>
In 2015 Stang lost the mayoral election to Socialist Marianne Borgen.<ref name=news /><ref>[http://www.tnp.no/norway/politics/5113-socialist-marianne-borgen-becomes-oslo-norway-new-mayor "Socialist Marianne Borgen Becomes Oslo’s New Mayor"]. ''The Nordic Page'', 17 October 2015</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category|Fabian Stang}}
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