Sissel Knutsen Hegdal
Sissel Knutsen Hegdal | |
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Mayor of Stavanger | |
In office 23 October 2023 – 4 September 2024 | |
Deputy | Henrik Halleland |
Preceded by | Kari Nessa Nordtun |
Deputy Member of the Storting | |
In office 1 October 2009 – 30 September 2017 | |
Constituency | Rogaland |
Personal details | |
Born | (1965-11-20) 20 November 1965 (age 58) Harstad, Troms, Norway |
Political party | Conservative |
Children | 3 |
Sissel Knutsen Hegdal (born 20 November 1965) is a Norwegian politician and lawyer for the Conservative Party. She served as the mayor of Stavanger between 2023 and 2024, 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]
She resigned as mayor with immediate effect on 4 September 2024 after it was revealed that she had misused party funds for private purposes during the 2023 election campaign.[7] She also went on sick leave following her resignation, with deputy mayor Henrik Halleland taking over as acting mayor in the interim.[8] The Conservative Party on a national level encouraged the local chapter in Stavanger to report Hegdal to the police, something they refused to do. The national party also sent over documents to the police related to Hegdal's case. The police also didn't rule out opening a criminal case against her, which they eventually did the day after her resignation.[9][10]
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.[11]
References
- ^ "Sissel Knutsen Hegdal" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- ^ "Sissel Knutsen Hegdal" (in Norwegian). Conservative Party.
- ^ "Nå er hun offisielt Stavanger Høyre sin ordførerkandidat" (in Norwegian). Øyposten. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Disse skal styre Stavanger de neste fire årene" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Det nye flertallet har signert avtale: Slik blir Stavanger de neste fire årene" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Nå er Sissel Knutsen Hegdal ordfører i Stavanger" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Stavanger Aftenblad: Ordføreren i Stavanger går av" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK Rogaland. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Hvorfor går ordføreren i Stavanger av, og hva skjer videre?" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK Rogaland. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Høyre oversender dokumenter til politiet i ordfører-saken" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Verdens Gang. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Politiet oppretter sak mot Sissel Knudsen Hegdal" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK Rogaland. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Tellingen ferdig i Stavanger: Harstadværing blir ordfører" (in Norwegian). iHarstad. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.