Eli Årdal Berland

Berland first became a member of the municipal council of Fjell Municipality in 1999.^[2] From 1999 to 2003, she was head of the council's health and social affairs committee.^[2] Berland was also a member of the Hordaland county council.^[2]

From 2005 to 2009, Berland was the first deputy member of the Storting for the Hordaland constituency.^[1] In October 2005, she was briefly the deputy for Erna Solberg,^[1] the leader of the Conservative Party, attending the Storting in her place while she served in the outgoing Second Bondevik cabinet.^[3]

In 2010, Berland became mayor of Fjell after the death of incumbent Lars Lie [no].^[2] She was re-elected to the position in 2011, serving until 2015.^[2] During her tenure, she supported the establishment of further healthcare facilities in the area and, in 2013, officially opened the Sotra Arena.^[2]

Berland died of Alzheimer's disease in a nursing home in September 2025.^[4] She was survived by her husband, Jostein Oddvar Berland, who arranged that her funeral would be blue, in reference to her conservative political beliefs.^[4] Tom Georg Indrevik, the mayor of Øygarden Municipality, said Berland was "a good ambassador for Fjell Municipality" and that her death was "a great loss".^[2][4]