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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