Trude Drevland (born 27 May 1947) is a Norwegian nurse and politician from the Conservative Party. She was the mayor of
Bergen Municipality
Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo.
By May 20 ...
between 2011 and 2015 and deputy mayor from 2007 to 2011.
Hadsel Municipality
Hadsel () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Vesterålen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of ...
,
Nordland
Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...
, 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
A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.
Australia
In the Australian state of New South Wales, county councils are special purpose ...
in
Hordaland
Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Munici ...
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. She was elected as the mayor of Bergen in 2011, replacing Gunnar Bakke in the post. During her tenure Tor A. Woldseth was the deputy mayor.
Drevland resigned from office in 2015 when she was charged with corruption accepting favors from the cruise line
Viking Cruises
Viking (formerly Viking Cruises) is a cruise line providing River cruise, river, Cruising (maritime), ocean, and expedition cruises. Its operating headquarters are in Basel, Switzerland,Adam H. Graham"The Rising Tide: How Viking Changed Cruisin ...
. Drevland denied corruption, and the public prosecutor in Hordaland dropped the case in 2016.Marte Mjøs Persen replaced her as mayor of Bergen.
Between 2015 and 2019 Drevland was a member of the city council. She is the sister of actor