Trude Drevland

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/i/9klvW/helland-blir-varaordfoerer-i-bergen|title = Helland blir varaordfører i Bergen|work=Bergens Tidende|date=29 September 2003|access-date=13 July 2023| language=no}} She was elected as the mayor of Bergen in 2011, replacing Gunnar Bakke in the post.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://snl.no/Gunnar_Bakke|title=Gunnar Bakke|encyclopedia=Store Norske Leksikon|access-date=7 July 2023|language=no}} During her tenure Tor A. Woldseth was the deputy mayor.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/vestland/_-svaert-uheldig-av-woldseth-1.12549277

|title=Svært uheldig av Woldseth|website=NRK|date=12 September 2015|access-date=7 July 2023|language=no}}

Drevland resigned from office in 2015 when she was charged with corruption accepting favors from the cruise line Viking Cruises.{{cite thesis|author1=Knut Are Skjong|author2=Ole Andreas Øverland|title=The Consequences of Involvement in Foreign Bribery Cases

|page=5|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6336b296b65a960446be756c/t/6374879ac491ba0ef907a5db/1668581279480/%C3%98verland-og-Skjong-NHH-Masteroppgave.pdf|location=Norwegian School of Economics|degree=MA|date=Spring 2018}} Drevland denied corruption, and the public prosecutor in Hordaland dropped the case in 2016. Marte Mjøs Persen replaced her as mayor of Bergen.{{cite news|url= https://www.ba.no/politikk/trillingmor-fra-flaktveit-blir-byens-nye-ordforer/s/5-8-175251|title=Trillingmor fra Flaktveit blir byens nye ordfører

|work=Bergensavisen|date= 14 October 2015|access-date= 13 October 2021|language=no}}

Between 2015 and 2019 Drevland was a member of the city council.{{cite news|author=Finn Åsmund Johnsbråten|language=no

|title=Aktuell profil – Trude Drevland (71)|url=https://ostfold.seniornorge.org/2019/aktuell-profil-trude-drevland-71/|access-date=25 May 2023|work=Østfold Senior Norge|date=23 September 2019}} She is the sister of actor Lars Andreas Larssen.{{cite encyclopedia|author=Olav Garvik |author-link=Olav Garvik |title=Trude Drevland|url=https://snl.no/Trude_Drevland|encyclopedia=Store Norske Leksikon|language=no

|date=21 April 2023}}

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Category:21st-century Norwegian women politicians

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Category:1947 births

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Category:Norwegian nurses

Category:People from Hadsel