Christine Sagen Helgø (born 27 March 1968 in

Holmestrand is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Holmestrand. The town was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). T ...

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) served as mayor of Stavanger from 2011 to 2019 representing the

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, ''Høyre''. Sagen Helgø has seen twelve years of Stavanger's politics, the last eight years as group leader of Stavanger Høyre. In 2011 she replaced the former mayor of the same party,

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, who held the title for sixteen years. Sagen Helgø is also the president of the World Energy Cities group for the 2014–2016 term.

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1968 births Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Living people Women mayors of places in Norway People from Holmestrand {{Norway-mayor-stub