Trude Drevland (born 27 May 1947) is a Norwegian nurse and politician from the
Conservative Party
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. She was the mayor of Bergen between 2011 and 2015 and deputy mayor from 2007 to 2011.
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
, 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
Kristian Helland (born 26 July 1947) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
He is known as mayor of Bergen, the second largest city in Norway, from 2001 to 2003. He replaced Ingmar Ljones who was elected to the Parliament ...
. She was elected as the mayor of Bergen in 2011, replacing
Gunnar Bakke
Gunnar Bakke (born 24 October 1959) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party, and the mayor of Bergen between 2007-2011.
Personal life
Bakke was born in the city of Bergen. He was CEO of the bakery chain Baker Brun until mid-2007, and f ...
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
Marte Mjøs Persen (born 24 April 1975) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. She has served as minister of labour and social inclusion since 2022, and minister of petroleum and energy from 2021 to 2022. She served as the mayor of Berg ...
replaced her as mayor of Bergen.
Between 2015 and 2019 Drevland was a member of the city council. She is the sister of actor