Trude Drevland

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]

Trude Drevland
Mayor of Bergen
In office
31 October 2011 – 28 October 2015
DeputyTor A. Woldseth
Preceded byGunnar Bakke
Succeeded byMarte Mjøs Persen
Deputy Mayor of Bergen
In office
29 October 2007 – 31 October 2011
MayorGunnar Bakke
Preceded byKristian Helland
Succeeded byTor A. Woldseth
Bergen City Commissioner for Health and Social Affairs
In office
27 October 2003 – 29 October 2007
Personal details
Born (1947-05-27) 27 May 1947
Melbu, Hadsel, Nordland, Norway
Political partyConservative
OccupationNurse

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 Viking Cruises.[6] Drevland denied corruption, and the public prosecutor in Hordaland dropped the case in 2016.[6] Marte Mjøs Persen replaced her as mayor of Bergen.[7]

Between 2015 and 2019 Drevland was a member of the city council.[2] She is the sister of actor Lars Andreas Larssen.[1]

References
  1. Olav Garvik (21 April 2023). "Trude Drevland". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian).
  2. Finn Åsmund Johnsbråten (23 September 2019). "Aktuell profil – Trude Drevland (71)". Østfold Senior Norge (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  3. "Helland blir varaordfører i Bergen". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 29 September 2003. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  4. "Gunnar Bakke". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  5. "Svært uheldig av Woldseth". NRK (in Norwegian). 12 September 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  6. 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.
  7. "Trillingmor fra Flaktveit blir byens nye ordfører". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 14 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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