Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

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

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
Governor of Oslo and Viken
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2019
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Herself, as county Governor of Akershus and Oslo
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	23 August 1956 Kvam, Hordaland, Norway
Political party	Christian Democratic

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 Oslo and Viken.[1] Prior to that, she served as county Governor of Oslo and Akershus from 2011 to 2018.

As Minister of Culture and Church Affairs she paid special attention to voluntary work.

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.[2]

References

1. "Will became County Governor of Viken and Oslo" (in Norwegian). NRK. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
2. 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)