Christine Sagen Helgø

Christine Sagen Helgø (born 27 March 1968 in Holmestrand, Norway) is a Norwegian politician of the Conservative Party who served as mayor of Stavanger from 2011 to 2019. Sagen Helgø has seen twelve years of Stavanger's politics, the last eight years as group leader of the Stavanger Conservative Party. In 2011, she replaced the former mayor of the same party, Leif Johan Sevland, who held the title for sixteen years.

Christine Sagen Helgø
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Christine Sagen Helgø
Mayor of Stavanger
In office
17 October 2011 – 21 October 2019
DeputyBjørg Tysdal Moe
Preceded byLeif Johan Sevland
Succeeded byKari Nessa Nordtun
Personal details
Born
Christine Sagen

(1968-03-27) 27 March 1968
Holmestrand, Norway
Political partyConservative
SpouseJohan Helgø
Children2

Political career

Mayoralty

She was elected as mayor of Stavanger following the 2011 local elections, with the Christin Democrats' Bjørg Tysdal Moe staying on as deputy mayor.[1]

Sagen Helgø was also the president of the World Energy Cities group for the 2014–2016 term.[2]

Sagen Helgøy and Tysdal Moe were re-elected following the 2015 local elections.[3]

Sagen Helgø had supported that the neighbouring municipalities of Sandnes and Sola should be merged with Stavanger. However following the 2016 referendum on municipal mergers, the two municipalities ultimately rejected the proposal.[4]

In August 2018, Sagen Helgø announced that she wouldn't seek re-election at the 2019 local elections.[5] The Conservative block went on to loose the 2019 election to the Labour led coalition, and Kari Nessa Nordtun succeeded her as mayor on 21 October.[6]

Civic career

Following her stint as mayor, Sagen Helgø became the director of investment at Camar AS.[7]

Personal life

She is married to Johan Helgø, with whom she has two children.[8]

References
  1. "Her er Stavangers nye ordfører" (in Norwegian). NRK Rogaland. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. "Stavanger to hold next World Energy Cities summit". Energy Voice. The Press and Journal. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  3. "Her blir Stavanger-ordføreren valgt" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. "Flest sa nei til sammenslåing på supermandag" (in Norwegian). E24. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  5. "Sagen Helgø tar ikke gjenvalg som Stavanger-ordfører" (in Norwegian). NRK Rogaland. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  6. "Kari Nessa Nordtun valgt til ny ordfører" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  7. "Stavanger-ordfører blir investeringsdirektør i milliardselskap" (in Norwegian). Dagens Næringsliv. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  8. "Et takk - og farvel" (in Norwegian). Næringsforeningen. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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