Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (born 23 August 1956) is a Norwegian teacher, politician and civil servant. Haugland was born in Kvam. She was leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Norway from 1995 to 2004. She was minister of Minister of Children and Family Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and Minister of Culture and Church Affairs from 2001 to 2005. Since 2011 she has been county governor of Oslo and Akershus.

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
Governor of Akershus
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 December 2011
Monarch	Harald V
Preceded by	Hans J. Røsjorde
Minister of Culture
In office 19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005
Prime Minister	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded by	Ellen Horn
Succeeded by	Trond Giske
Leader of the Christian Democratic Party
In office 24 March 1995 – 23 January 2004
Preceded by	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Succeeded by	Dagfinn Høybråten
Minister of Children and Family Affairs
In office 17 October 1997 – 17 March 2000
Prime Minister	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded by	Sylvia Brustad
Succeeded by	Karita Bekkemellem
Personal details
Born	(1956-08-23) 23 August 1956 Kvam, Hordaland
Political party	Christian Democratic Party

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.[1]