Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
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Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (born 23 August 1956 in Kvam
) is a former Minister of Culture and Church Affairs and former leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Norway
between 1995 and 2004, to which also former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
belongs.
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.
Kvam
Kvam is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The parish of Vikør was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Parts of Strandebarm were merged with Kvam on 1 January 1965...
) is a former Minister of Culture and Church Affairs and former leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
between 1995 and 2004, to which also former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Kjell Magne Bondevik is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician . He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005, making him Norway's longest serving non-Labour Party Prime Minister since World War II...
belongs.
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
Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 September 2005. More than 3.4 million Norwegians were eligible for vote for the Storting, the parliament of Norway. The new Storting has 169 members, an increase of four over the 2001 election....
she failed to win a seat in parliament.
Until 2010 she was a board member of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.