The Kommunstyrelse ("''municipal board''") is the executive branch of local government in each of the 290
municipalities of Sweden. The term used in the English version of the Swedish Local Government Act is ''municipal executive committee''. But there are also other translations used by particular municipalities.
The executive committee is appointed by the municipal assembly (
kommunfullmäktige
A municipal council ( sv, Kommunfullmäktige) is the decision-making body governing each of the 290 municipalities of Sweden. Though the Swedish Local Government Act ( sv, Kommunallagen) uses the term "municipal assembly" in an English translation ...
).
The chairman of the committee is one of the (sometimes the only)
municipal commissioners (kommunalråd) and is often considered the mayor of the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
, although there is no official office of mayor in Sweden.
The word is also used in bilingual Finland for the Finnish term ''kunnanhallitus''.
See also
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Municipalities of Sweden
External links
Swedish Local Government Act in English
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