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Trude Drevland (born 27 May 1947) is a Norwegian nurse and politician from the Conservative Party. She was the mayor of Bergen Municipality between 2011 and 2015 and deputy mayor from 2007 to 2011.
Biography
She was born in Melbu in Hadsel Municipality, Nordland, on 27 May 1947. She was trained as a nurse and served as the general manager of the Fyllingsdalen nursing home. Then she became the head of business policy in the Bergen Business Council, and the general secretary of the Norwegian Music Corps Association. She was head of the Bergen branch of the Conservative Party from 1996 to 1998.
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. She served as a member of the Bergen city council from 2007 to 2015. She was deputy mayor of Bergen between 2007 and 2011, succeeding Kristian Helland. She was elected as the mayor of Bergen in 2011, replacing Gunnar Bakke in the post. During her tenure Tor A. Woldseth was the deputy mayor.
Drevland resigned from office in 2015 when she was charged with corruption accepting favors from the cruise line Viking Cruises. Drevland denied corruption, and the public prosecutor in Hordaland dropped the case in 2016. Marte Mjøs Persen replaced her as mayor of Bergen.
Between 2015 and 2019 Drevland was a member of the city council. She is the sister of actor Lars Andreas Larssen.
References
External links
Media related to Trude Drevland at Wikimedia Commons