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Norwegian politician (born 1956)

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Valgerd Svarstad Haugland


County Governor of Østfold, Buskerud, Oslo and Akershus
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2019
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg Jonas Gahr Støre
Preceded by	Herself, as county Governor of Oslo and Akershus, later Oslo and Viken
County Governor of Akershus
In office 5 December 2011 – 31 December 2018
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Hans J. Røsjorde
Succeeded by	Herself, as Governor of Oslo and Viken
Minister of Culture
In office 19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005
Prime Minister	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded by	Ellen Horn
Succeeded by	Trond Giske
Leader of the Christian Democratic Party
In office 24 March 1995 – 23 January 2004
Preceded by	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Succeeded by	Dagfinn Høybråten
Minister of Children and Family Affairs
In office 17 October 1997 – 17 March 2000
Prime Minister	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded by	Sylvia Brustad
Succeeded by	Karita Bekkemellem

Personal details
Born	(1956-08-23) 23 August 1956 (age 68) Kvam, Hordaland, Norway
Political party	Christian Democratic

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (born 23 August 1956) is a Norwegian teacher, politician and civil servant.

She was leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Norway from 1995 to 2004. She was Minister of Children and Family Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and Minister of Culture from 2001 to 2005. Since 2019, she has been County Governor of Østfold, Buskerud, Oslo and Akershus. Prior to that, she served as county Governor of Oslo and Akershus from 2011 to 2018. In May 2024, she announced that she wouldn't seek to be re-appointed county governor and would be leaving office by the end of the year. She announced her resignation in December, just shy of the end of her term, following revelations of the lack of treatment of discrepancies in the counties' health sector.

In her capacity as Minister of Culture and Church Affairs, she gave volunteer work particular emphasis.

She withdrew as party leader at an extraordinary annual assembly of the party on 23 January 2004. She was primarily held responsible for the poor results during the last local election, held in September 2003. In the 2005 parliamentary elections she failed to win a seat in parliament.

Until 2010 she was a board member of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

Notes

Oslo and Viken between 2019 and 2024.

References

"Beholder dagens struktur og styrker statens tilstedeværelse" (in Norwegian Bokmål). government.no. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
"Blir fylkesmann i Viken og Oslo" (in Norwegian). NRK. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
"Valgerd Svarstad Haugland slutter som statsforvalter" (in Norwegian Bokmål). ABC Nyheter. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
Solheim, Eric Kjerstad; Misje, Hilde Kristine; Pang, Xueqi; Tran, Julie (18 December 2024). "Statsforvalter trekker seg: –⁠ En meldt katastrofe" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
Didriksen, Nina; Fenne, Marit (10 June 2010). "William Nygaard ny styreleder i NRK" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 May 2011.

External links

Biography on the Norwegian Storting site (in Norwegian)

Party political offices
Preceded byKjell Magne Bondevik	Leader of the Christian Democratic Party 1995–2004	Succeeded byDagfinn Høybråten
Political offices
Preceded byEllen Horn	Norwegian Minister of Culture and Church Affairs 2001–2005	Succeeded byTrond Giske
Preceded bySylvia Brustad	Norwegian Minister of Children and Families 1997–2000	Succeeded byKarita Bekkemellem

v t e Bondevik's Second Cabinet
Kjell Magne Bondevik (KrF) Børge Brende (H) Kristin Clemet (H) Kristin Krohn Devold (H) Odd Einar Dørum (V) Laila Dåvøy (Krf) Per-Kristian Foss (H) Ansgar Gabrielsen (H) Knut Arild Hareide (Krf) 2004–05 Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (Krf) 2005–06 Dagfinn Høybråten (Krf) Hilde Frafjord Johnson (Krf) 2001–05 Svein Ludvigsen (H) Morten Andreas Meyer (H) 2004–05 Victor D. Norman (H) 2001–04 Jan Petersen (H) Ingjerd Schou (H) 2001–04 Torild Skogsholm (V) Erna Solberg (H) Lars Sponheim (V) Einar Steensnæs (Krf) Thorhild Widvey (H) 2004–05

v t e Ministers of Children and Families of Norway
Bjerkholt (1955–63) Grønn-Hagen (1963) Bjerkholt (1963–65) Skjerven (1965–71) Valle (1971–72) Sollie (1989–90) Sandman (1990–91) Berget (1991–96) Brustad (1996–97) Haugland (1997–2000) Bekkemellem (2000–01) Dåvøy (2001–05) Bekkemellem (2005–07) Ramin-Osmundsen (2007–08) Huitfeldt (2008–09) Lysbakken (2009–12) Thorkildsen (2012–13) Horne (2013–18) Helleland (2018–19) Ropstad (2019–21) Toppe (2021–)

Ministers of Children and Families of Norway

Bjerkholt (1955–63)
Grønn-Hagen (1963)
Bjerkholt (1963–65)
Skjerven (1965–71)
Valle (1971–72)
Sollie (1989–90)
Sandman (1990–91)
Berget (1991–96)
Brustad (1996–97)
Haugland (1997–2000)
Bekkemellem (2000–01)
Dåvøy (2001–05)
Bekkemellem (2005–07)
Ramin-Osmundsen (2007–08)
Huitfeldt (2008–09)
Lysbakken (2009–12)
Thorkildsen (2012–13)
Horne (2013–18)
Helleland (2018–19)
Ropstad (2019–21)
Toppe (2021–)

v t e Ministers of Culture and Equality of Norway
Langslet (1981–86) Bakke (1986–89) Bjartveit (1989–90) Kleveland (1990–92) Birkeland (1996–97) Lahnstein (1997–99) Haga (1999–2000) Horn (2000–01) Haugland (2001–05) Giske (2005–09) Huitfeldt (2009–12) Tajik (2012–13) Widvey (2013–15) Helleland (2015–18) Grande (2018–20) Raja (2020–21) Trettebergstuen (2021–23) Jaffery (2023–)

v t e Christian Democratic Party
Leaders	Bjørø (1933–38) Lavik (1938–51) Wikborg (1951–55) E. Hareide (1955–67) Korvald (1967–75, 77–79) Kristiansen (1975–77, 79–83) Bondevik (1983–95) Haugland (1995–2004) Høybråten (2004–11) K. A. Hareide (2011–19) Ropstad (2019–)
Cabinets	Lyng Borten Korvald Willoch II Syse Bondevik I Bondevik II Solberg
Related	Folkets Framtid Young Christian Democrats

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