Akershus County Municipality ( no, Akershus fylkeskommune) was the regional governing administration of the old Akershus county in

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. The county municipality was established in its most recent form on 1 January 1976 when the law was changed to allow elected county councils in Norway. The county municipality was dissolved on 1 January 2020, when Akershus was merged with the neighboring counties of

Buskerud Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Ha ...

and

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, creating the new

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county which is led by the Viken County Municipality. The administrative seat is located in

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(which was not part of Akershus) and the county mayor was Anette Solli. The main responsibilities of the county municipality included the running of the 35 upper secondary schools. It managed all the county roadways,

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, dental care,

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, and cultural heritage sites in the county.

Transport

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in Akershus is managed by

Ruter Ruter AS is the public transport authority for Oslo and Akershus counties in Norway. Formally a limited company – 60% of its shares are owned by the Oslo county municipality and 40% by that of Akershus – it is responsible for the administra ...

, a

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owned along with the City of

. It markets all public transport except the

Oslo Commuter Rail Oslo Commuter Rail ( no, Lokaltog Østlandet) is a commuter rail centered in Oslo, Norway, connecting the capital to six counties in Eastern Norway. The system is operated by Vy (formerly NSB) and its subsidiary Vy Gjøvikbanen, using Class 69 ...

in Akershus, though operations are provided by private companies based on public service obligation.

County government

The Oppland

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( no, Fylkestinget) was made up of 43 representatives that were elected every four years. The council essentially acted as a

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or legislative body for the county and it met several times each year. The council was divided into standing committees and an executive board () which met considerably more often. Both the council and executive board were led by the county mayor () who held the executive powers of the county.

County mayors

*1 Jan 1963–31 Dec 1968: Thor Gystad ( Labour Party) *1 Jan 1969-31 Dec 1975: Kjell Knudsen ( Labour Party) *1 Jan 1976-31 Dec 1979: Thorleif Løken ( Conservative Party) *1 Jan 1980-31 Dec 1987:

Tore Haugen Tore Haugen (born 1 October 1931 in Askim) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously served in the position of de ...

( Conservative Party) *1 Jan 1988-31 Dec 1991: Øyvind Ruud (

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) *1 Jan 1992–31 Dec 2003: Ragnar Kristoffersen ( Labour Party) *1 Jan 2003–31 Dec 2007: Hildur Horn Øien (

) *1 Jan 2007–31 Dec 2013: Nils Aage Jegstad ( Conservative Party) *1 Jan 2014-31 Dec 2019: Anette Solli ( Conservative Party)

County council

The

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breakdown of the council is as follows:

References

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