Sissel Knutsen Hegdal
Mayor of Stavanger
Assumed office
23 October 2023
DeputyHenrik Halleland
Preceded byKari Nessa Nordtun
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 2009  30 September 2017
ConstituencyRogaland
Personal details
Born (1965-11-20) 20 November 1965
Harstad, Troms, Norway
Political partyConservative
Children3

Sissel Knutsen Hegdal (born 20 November 1965) is a Norwegian politician and lawyer for the Conservative Party. She is currently serving as the mayor of Stavanger since 2023, and was previously a deputy member of parliament for Rogaland between 2009 and 2017.

Political career

Parliament

She served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Rogaland from 2009 to 2017.[1]

Local politics

She has been a member of Stavanger city council since 2007.[2]

In 2021, she became the Stavanger Conservatives' mayoral candidate for the 2023 local elections.[3] Despite the opposing Labour Party becoming the largest party in Stavanger following the election, the Conservative led bloc inched out a majority together with the Progress Party, Liberal Party, Christian Democrats and the Pensioners' Party, with Hegdal as mayor and the Christian Democrats' Henrik Halleland as deputy mayor.[4] The parties signed a cooperation agreement on 18 October.[5] Hegdal and Helland were confirmed by the municipal council on 23 October and assumed office the same day.[6]

Personal life

Hegdal is originally from Harstad in Troms. She has two older siblings. She moved to Stavanger in 1992 after finishing her studies to become a lawyer. She is married and has three children.[7]

References

  1. "Sissel Knutsen Hegdal" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. "Sissel Knutsen Hegdal" (in Norwegian). Conservative Party.
  3. "Nå er hun offisielt Stavanger Høyre sin ordførerkandidat" (in Norwegian). Øyposten. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. "Disse skal styre Stavanger de neste fire årene" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  5. "Det nye flertallet har signert avtale: Slik blir Stavanger de neste fire årene" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  6. "Nå er Sissel Knutsen Hegdal ordfører i Stavanger" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  7. "Tellingen ferdig i Stavanger: Harstadværing blir ordfører" (in Norwegian). iHarstad. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.


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