Trude Drevland

She was born in Melbu in Hadsel Municipality, Nordland, on 27 May 1947.^[1] She was trained as a nurse and served as the general manager of the Fyllingsdalen nursing home.^[2] Then she became the head of business policy in the Bergen Business Council, and the general secretary of the Norwegian Music Corps Association.^[1] She was head of the Bergen branch of the Conservative Party from 1996 to 1998.^[1]

She was a member of the county council in Hordaland 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.^[1] She served as a member of the Bergen city council from 2007 to 2015.^[2] She was deputy mayor of Bergen between 2007 and 2011, succeeding Kristian Helland.^[2][3] She was elected as the mayor of Bergen in 2011,^[2] replacing Gunnar Bakke in the post.^[4] During her tenure Tor A. Woldseth was the deputy mayor.^[5]

Drevland resigned from office in 2015 when she was charged with corruption accepting favors from the cruise line Viking Cruises.^[6] Drevland denied corruption, and the public prosecutor in Hordaland dropped the case in 2016.^[6] Marte Mjøs Persen replaced her as mayor of Bergen.^[7]

Between 2015 and 2019 Drevland was a member of the city council.^[2] She is the sister of actor Lars Andreas Larssen.^[1]

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