Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg caught checking out Pokémon Go in parliament debate

NORWAY’S Prime Minister has become the first leader to be caught checking out Pokémon Go during a debate in parliament.

Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway, was caught checking out Pokemon Go during a debate in the parliament. Picture: AP / Seth Wenig

NORWAY’S Prime Minister has, we think, achieved a new first.

Erna Solberg was caught checking out Pokémon Go during a debate in the Parliament in central Oslo, reported the local daily newspaper Klassekampen.

Haha, herregud. @erna_solberg spilte pokemon Go i Stortinget under #trontaledebatten ... mens @Trinesg sto på talerstolen! pic.twitter.com/WwagLoJit7

— Eivind Trædal (@eivindtraedal) October 5, 2016

The Norwegian PM is clearly a fan having said previously during an official trip in Slovakia that she took some time out to play the game, telling journalists that she was keen to hatch some of her 10km eggs.

Klassekampen pictured her checking the map screen although it looked like she had some GPS issues to contend with.

The politician who was speaking at the time in the debate was Trine Skei Grande, who was herself caught playing Pokemon Go in parliament in August.

‘I think that Trine will like that I opened the game while she was at the pulpit,’ Erna said, according to Norway’s TV 2.

Grande tweeted: “She heard what I said, we ladies can do two things at the same time you know.”

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