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Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

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Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
County GovernorofØstfold, Buskerud, Oslo and Akershus[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2019
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg Jonas Gahr Støre
Preceded by	Herself, as county Governor of Oslo and Akershus, later Oslo and Viken
County Governor of Akershus
In office 5 December 2011 – 31 December 2018
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Hans J. Røsjorde
Succeeded by	Herself, as Governor of Oslo and Viken
Minister of Culture
In office 19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005
Prime Minister	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded by	Ellen Horn
Succeeded by	Trond Giske
Leader of the Christian Democratic Party
In office 24 March 1995 – 23 January 2004
Preceded by	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Succeeded by	Dagfinn Høybråten
Minister of Children and Family Affairs
In office 17 October 1997 – 17 March 2000
Prime Minister	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded by	Sylvia Brustad
Succeeded by	Karita Bekkemellem
Personal details
Born	(1956-08-23) 23 August 1956 (age 67) Kvam, Hordaland, Norway
Political party	Christian Democratic

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (born 23 August 1956) is a Norwegian teacher, politician and civil servant.

She was leader of the Christian Democratic PartyinNorway from 1995 to 2004. She was Minister of Children and Family Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and Minister of Culture from 2001 to 2005. Since 2019, she has been County Governor of Østfold, Buskerud, Oslo and Akershus.^[1][2] Prior to that, she served as county Governor of Oslo and Akershus from 2011 to 2018. In May 2024, she announced that she wouldn't seek to be re-appointed county governor and would be leaving office by the end of the year.^[3]

In her capacity as Minister of Culture and Church Affairs, she gave volunteer work particular emphasis.

She withdrew as party leader at an extraordinary annual assembly of the party on 23 January 2004. She was primarily held responsible for the poor results during the last local election, held in 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.^[4]

• Biography on the Norwegian Storting site (in Norwegian)

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