Nordland County Municipality
Nordland County Municipality
Nordland fylkeskommune | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location in Norway | |
Coordinates: 67°16′49″N 14°22′37″E / 67.280159°N 14.376849°ECoordinates: 67°16′49″N 14°22′37″E / 67.280159°N 14.376849°E | |
Country | Norway |
Administrative center | Bodø |
Government | |
• County mayor | Kari Anne Bøkestad Andreassen |
• Chairman of Cabinet | Tomas Norvoll |
ISO 3166 code | NO-18 |
Employees | 3,500 |
Schools | 16 |
Pupils | 9,500 |
Transit authority | None |
Roads | 4,113 km (2,556 mi) |
Website | www |
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.
County government[]
The Nordland county council (Norwegian: Fylkestinget) is made up of 45 representatives that are elected every four years. The council essentially acts as a Parliament or legislative body for the county. The council is led by a county mayor (Norwegian: Fylkesordfører), and the council elects five members to be in the county cabinet (Norwegian: Fylkesrådet) which carries out the executive functions of the county.
County council[]
The party breakdown of the council is as follows:
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 12 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 4 | |
Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) | 2 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 7 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Red Party (Rødt) | 3 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 12 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 3 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 45 |
References[]
- ^ "Fylkestinget". Nordland fylkeskommune. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Fylkestingsrepresentantene 2015-2019" (in Norwegian). Nordlands fylkeskommune. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Are Tvedt, Knut; Tjørnhaugen, Andreas, eds. (20 September 2019). "valgresultater fylkesting - Nordland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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