Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg shaking hands with former British Prime Minister, David Cameron
The craze for games is taking a new dimension as world leaders have also caught the bug.
A Dailymail report has revealed that Norwegian Prime Minister Erna
Solberg was spotted playing Pokemon Go game during a debate in her
country’s Parliament.
The report further revealed that it is not the first time Ms
Solberg, 55, has been spotted trying to ‘catch them all’, after telling
reporters she was trying to ‘hatch eggs’ during an official trip to
Slovakia.
Hatching eggs is one of the side features of the game, where
players can obtain eggs at ‘Pokestops’ dotted around maps and then
‘hatch’ them by walking a certain distance – 2km, 5km or 10km.
A picture of the leader on Pokemon Go appeared in a Norwegian
newspaper and she reacted with good grace, writing on Twitter that
‘women can do two things at once’.
Pokemon Go is an online game many have become addicted to in recent times
It comes weeks after another Norwegian politician was spotted
playing the game on her mobile phone during a hearing on the country’s
military situation.
Trine Skei Grande, 46, leader of the Liberals (Venstre), in Norway,
and was spotted by viewers playing the game when the meeting of the
parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee was broadcast live.
Ms Grande was accused of caring more about the game than issues of
national security, but during a break from the meeting, Ms Grande
defended her actions saying she has a head that ‘listens better when she
is doing brain dead’ activities.
And ironically, it was Ms Grande who was addressing Parliament when
the Prime Minister was spotted making the same faux pas as she did in
August.
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