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Nordland County Municipality
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Nordland County Municipality (Norwegian: Nordland fylkeskommune) is the regional governing administration of Nordland county in Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 16 upper secondary schools, with 9,500 pupils. It administers the county roads, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural heritage. The administrative centre of the county is the town of Bodø.
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The county municipality's most important tasks include secondary education, recreation (sports and outdoor life), and cultural heritage. The county municipality is also responsible for all county roads (including ferry operations) and public transport (including school busses). The county municipality has further responsibility for regional land-use planning, business development, power production, and environmental management. The county also has responsibility for providing dental health services (in 2002, responsibility for hospitals and public medicine was transferred from the counties to the new regional health authorities).[1]
County mayor
Since 1963, the County mayor (Norwegian: fylkesordfører) of Nordland is the political leader of the county and the chairperson of the county council. Prior to 1963, the County governor led the council which was made up of all of the mayors of the rural municipalities within the county.[2] Here is a list of people who have held this position:[3]
- 1963-1963: Håkon O. Wika (Ap)
- 1964–1967: Hilmar Hansen (Ap)
- 1968–1971: Henry Forsaa (Ap)
- 1971-1971: Petter Carl Reinsnes (Ap)
- 1971-1975: Ottar Vollan (Ap)
- 1976–1983: Odd Grønmo (KrF)
- 1984–1995: Sigbjørn Eriksen (Ap)
- 1995–1999: Alf Ivar Samuelsen (Sp)
- 1999–2007: Jon Tørset (Sp)
- 2007–2011: Mariette Korsrud (Ap)
- 2011–2019: Sonja Alice Steen (Ap)
- 2019–2023: Kari Anne Bøkestad Andreassen (Sp)
- 2023-2027: Eivind Holst (H)
County council
The county council (Norwegian: Fylkestinget) is made up of 45 representatives that are elected by direct election by all legal residents every fourth year. The council essentially acts as a Parliament or legislative body for the county. The county council typically meets about six times a year. The council follows a parliamentary system and has a county cabinet (Norwegian: Fylkesrådet) which functions as the head of the executive branch of the county municipality's duties. The cabinet is led by the Chairman of the County Cabinet (fylkesrådsleder). The head if the administration is the County Executive (fylkesrådmann). The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.[1]
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