Gunn Marit Helgesen

Gunn Marit Portrait

Gunn Marit Helgesen (born 30 October 1958) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

Helgesen served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway during the terms 1993–1997, 1997–2001, 2001–2005, 2005–2009 and 2009–2013. In total she met during 68 days of parliamentary session.[1] From 1995 to 2003 she was deputy county mayor of Telemark, and from 2003 she was county mayor.[2] After the 2011 Norwegian local elections the local centre-right alliance was dissolved, and Terje Riis-Johansen became county mayor of a new centre-left coalition.[3] She succeeded Halvdan Skard in December 2013 as chair of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities.[4]

She is also president of the North Sea Commission.[2] and a board member of Kommunal Landspensjonskasse.[5]

  1. ^ "Gunn Marit Helgesen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ^ a b "50 år 30. oktober: Fylkesordfører Gunn Marit Helgesen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 28 October 2008.
  3. ^ Holmquist, Tone (22 September 2011). "Høyre vinner fylkesduellen". Kommunal Rapport (in Norwegian). p. 10.
  4. ^ Aspen, Janne Grete (3 December 2013). "Gunn Marit Helgesen (Høgre) ny leiar i KS". Nationen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Konsernstyret i KLP" (in Norwegian). KLP. 2 June 2010. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2010.