Trude Drevland
Trude Drevland | |
|---|---|
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| Mayor of Bergen | |
| In office 31 October 2011 – 28 October 2015 | |
| Deputy | Tor A. Woldseth |
| Preceded by | Gunnar Bakke |
| Succeeded by | Marte Mjøs Persen |
| Deputy Mayor of Bergen | |
| In office 29 October 2007 – 31 October 2011 | |
| Mayor | Gunnar Bakke |
| Preceded by | Kristian Helland |
| Succeeded by | Tor A. Woldseth |
| Bergen City Commissioner for Health and Social Affairs | |
| In office 27 October 2003 – 29 October 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 May 1947 Melbu, Hadsel, Nordland, Norway |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Occupation | Nurse |
Trude Drevland (born 27 May 1947) is a Norwegian nurse and politician from the Conservative Party. She was the mayor of Bergen between 2011 and 2015 and deputy mayor from 2007 to 2011.[1]
Biography
She was born in Melbu in Hadsel, Nordland, on 27 May 1947.[1] She was trained as a nurse and served as the general manager of the Fyllingsdalen nursing home.[2] Then she became the head of business policy in the Bergen Business Council, and the general secretary of the Norwegian Music Corps Association.[1] She was head of the Bergen branch of the Conservative Party from 1996 to 1998.[1]
She was a member of the county council in Hordaland between 1991 and 2003 and a member of the city council for health and social care in Bergen between 2003 and 2007, while concurrently serving as the Bergen City commissioner for health and social affairs.[1] She served as a member of the Bergen city council from 2007 to 2015.[2] She was deputy mayor of Bergen between 2007 and 2011, succeeding Kristian Helland.[2][3] She was elected as the mayor of Bergen in 2011,[2] replacing Gunnar Bakke in the post.[4] During her tenure Tor A. Woldseth was the deputy mayor.[5]
Drevland resigned from office in 2015 when she was charged with corruption accepting favors from the cruise line
Between 2015 and 2019 Drevland was a member of the city council.[2] She is the sister of actor Lars Andreas Larssen.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Olav Garvik (21 April 2023). "Trude Drevland". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian).
- ^ a b c d e Finn Åsmund Johnsbråten (23 September 2019). "Aktuell profil – Trude Drevland (71)". Østfold Senior Norge (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ "Helland blir varaordfører i Bergen". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 29 September 2003. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Gunnar Bakke". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "Svært uheldig av Woldseth". NRK (in Norwegian). 12 September 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ a b Knut Are Skjong; Ole Andreas Øverland (Spring 2018). The Consequences of Involvement in Foreign Bribery Cases (PDF) (MA thesis). Norwegian School of Economics. p. 5.
- ^ "Trillingmor fra Flaktveit blir byens nye ordfører". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 14 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
External links
Media related to Trude Drevland at Wikimedia Commons
