Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (born 23 August 1956) is a Norwegian teacher, politician and civil servant. Haugland was born in Kvam. She was leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Norway from 1995 to 2004. She was minister of Minister of Children and Family Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and Minister of Culture and Church Affairs from 2001 to 2005. Since 2011 she has been county governor of Oslo and Akershus.

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
Governor of Akershus
Assumed office
5 December 2011
MonarchHarald V
Preceded byHans J. Røsjorde
Minister of Culture
In office
19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005
Prime MinisterKjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded byEllen Horn
Succeeded byTrond Giske
Leader of the Christian Democratic Party
In office
24 March 1995 – 23 January 2004
Preceded byKjell Magne Bondevik
Succeeded byDagfinn Høybråten
Minister of Children and Family Affairs
In office
17 October 1997 – 17 March 2000
Prime MinisterKjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded bySylvia Brustad
Succeeded byKarita Bekkemellem
Personal details
Born (1956-08-23) 23 August 1956
Kvam, Hordaland
Political partyChristian Democratic Party

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. The main reason is that she was blamed as being responsible for the poor results during the last local election, held 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.[1]

References
  1. Didriksen, Nina; Fenne, Marit (10 June 2010). "William Nygaard ny styreleder i NRK" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Kjell Magne Bondevik		 Chairman of Christian People's Party
1995–2004		 Succeeded by
Dagfinn Høybråten
Political offices
Preceded by
Ellen Horn		 Norwegian Minister of Culture and Church Affairs
2001–2005		 Succeeded by
Trond Giske
Preceded by
Sylvia Brustad		 Norwegian Minister of Children and Families
1997–2000		 Succeeded by
Karita Bekkemellem


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