Christine B. Meyer

Professor
Christine B. Meyer
PhD
Professor Christine B. Meyer PhD
	Meyer in 2017
Chief Commissioner of Bergen
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 30 October 2023
Occupation	Academic ; Politician ; Civil servant

Last updated October 31, 2023

Victor D. Norman

(m. )

Christine Benedichte Meyer (born 22 January 1964) is a Norwegian business administration academic, politician for the Conservative Party and civil servant. She currently serves as the Chief Commissioner of Bergen since 2023.

Career

Government

Meyer served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Labour from 2001 to 2003.^[1]

Local politics

Meyer served as Bergen Commissioner for Finance, Competition and Government Reform in the city government of Bergen from 2007 to 2009, when she switched jobs to become City Commissioner for Health and Inclusion from 2009 to 2011.^[1]

In June 2022, she became the Bergen Conservatives' candidate for Chief Commissioner in the 2023 local elections.^[2] During the campaign, she had pledged to not revisit the verdict of building the new Bergen light rail over Bryggen, but later backtracked and was open for renegotiating the decision. The election in Bergen led to no coalition having a clear majority. Meyer and the Conservatives initially negotiated with the Christian Democrats and Liberal Party, but later went to negotiate with the Progress Party and Centre Party about forming a new city government.^[3]^[4] On 6 October, the Conservatives reached an agreement to form a new majority with the Bergen List, Progress, Centre, Industry and Business and Pensioners' parties.^[5] She and her government assumed office on 30 October, consisting of the Conservatives, Progress and Centre parties.^[6]

Civic career

In December 2010, she was nominated to become Director General of the Norwegian Competition Authority. She assumed office in April 2011, and held the position until 2015.^[7]

In June 2015, she was nominated to become Director General of Statistics Norway. She resigned her position in November 2017 after losing confidence from the Ministry of Finance in organising a major restructuring of the bureau.^[8]

Personal life

She was born in Bergen on 22 January 1964, and has worked as a Professor of Strategy and Management at the Norwegian School of Economics.^[1]

She married former minister of administration Victor D. Norman in 2005.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 Tvedt, Knut Are; Garvik, Olav. "Christine B. Meyer". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
↑ "Christine Meyer er den nye byrådslederkandidaten i Bergen Høyre" (in Norwegian). NRK Vestland. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
↑ "Foran hele Norge lovet Høyre-toppen slutt på bybanekrangel – så snudde de" (in Norwegian). NRK Vestland. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
↑ "Høyre vil danne mindretallsbyråd med Frp og Sp i Bergen" (in Norwegian). NRK Vestland. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
↑ "Høyre: – Enighet om byrådssamarbeid i Bergen" (in Norwegian). NRK Vestland. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ "Overrasking i det nye byrådet i Bergen: Ukjent joker får bybane-ansvaret" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). NRK Vestland. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
↑ "Toppjobb til Meyer" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
↑ "Christine Meyer går av som SSB-sjef" (in Norwegian). NRK. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

Civic offices
Preceded by Knut Eggum Johansen	Director General of the Norwegian Competition Authority 2011–2015	Succeeded by Magnus Gabrielsen (acting)
Preceded by Hans Henrik Scheel	Director General of Statistics Norway 2015–2017	Succeeded by Birger Vikøren (acting)
Political offices
Preceded by Henning Warloe	City Commissioner for Finance in Bergen 2007–2009	Succeeded by Henning Warloe
Preceded by Liv Røssland	City Commissioner for Health in Bergen 2009–2011	Succeeded by Hilde Onarheim
Preceded by Rune Bakervik	Chief Commissioner of Bergen 2023–present	Incumbent

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[snl-1] 1 2 3 4 Tvedt, Knut Are; Garvik, Olav. "Christine B. Meyer". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

[2] "Christine Meyer er den nye byrådslederkandidaten i Bergen Høyre" (in Norwegian). NRK Vestland. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

[3] "Foran hele Norge lovet Høyre-toppen slutt på bybanekrangel – så snudde de" (in Norwegian). NRK Vestland. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

[4] "Høyre vil danne mindretallsbyråd med Frp og Sp i Bergen" (in Norwegian). NRK Vestland. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

[5] "Høyre: – Enighet om byrådssamarbeid i Bergen" (in Norwegian). NRK Vestland. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[6] "Overrasking i det nye byrådet i Bergen: Ukjent joker får bybane-ansvaret" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). NRK Vestland. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

[7] "Toppjobb til Meyer" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

[8] "Christine Meyer går av som SSB-sjef" (in Norwegian). NRK. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

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