Gunn Marit Helgesen

Gunn Marit Helgesen (born 30 October 1958) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

Helgesen served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway during the terms 1993–1997, 1997–2001, 2001–2005, 2005–2009 and 2009–2013. In total she met during 68 days of parliamentary session.[1] From 1995 to 2003 she was deputy county mayor of Telemark, and from 2003 she was county mayor.[2] After the 2011 Norwegian local elections the local centre-right alliance was dissolved, and Terje Riis-Johansen became county mayor of a new centre-left coalition.[3] She succeeded Halvdan Skard in December 2013 as chair of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities.[4]

She is also president of the North Sea Commission.[2] and a board member of Kommunal Landspensjonskasse.[5]

References
  1. "Gunn Marit Helgesen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. "50 år 30. oktober: Fylkesordfører Gunn Marit Helgesen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 28 October 2008.
  3. Holmquist, Tone (22 September 2011). "Høyre vinner fylkesduellen". Kommunal Rapport (in Norwegian). p. 10.
  4. Aspen, Janne Grete (3 December 2013). "Gunn Marit Helgesen (Høgre) ny leiar i KS". Nationen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  5. "Konsernstyret i KLP" (in Norwegian). KLP. 2 June 2010. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by
Andreas Kjær		 County mayor of Telemark
2003–2011		 Succeeded by
Terje Riis-Johansen
Civic offices
Preceded by
Halvdan Skard		 Chair of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities
2013–present		 Incumbent


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