Troms County Municipality ( no, Troms fylkeskommune,

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: ''Tromssan fylkinkomuuni,'' se, Romssa fylkkasuohkan) was the regional governing administration of the old

Troms Troms (; se, Romsa; fkv, Tromssa; fi, Tromssa) is a former county in northern Norway. On 1 January 2020 it was merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger is expected to be reversed by t ...

county in northern

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. It had its administration in the city of Tromsø. It consisted of a 37-member

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and a five-member county cabinet.

County government

The Troms county council ( no, Fylkestinget) was made up of 37 representatives that are elected every four years. The last council was elected for the 2015–2019 term. The council essentially acts as a

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or legislative body for the county. This council was led by a county mayor ( no, Fylkesordfører), and the council elected five members to be in the county cabinet ( no, Fylkesrådet) which carried out the executive functions of the county. The last cabinet was led by Willy Ørnebakk.

County council

The

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breakdown of the council is as follows:

County mayor

The county council was led by a

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. The last county mayor of Troms was

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from the Labour Party. He served in this office from 2011 to 2019. ;Previous Troms county mayors include: *

(2011-2019) * Terje Olsen (2007-2011) * Ronald Rindestu (1995-2007) * Roger Solheim (1993-1994) * Kirsten Myklevoll (1991-1992) * Jan Henry T. Olsen (1991) * Kirsten Myklevoll (1987-1991) *

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(1983-1987) *

Bjarne Berg-Sæther Bjarne Berg-Sæther (14 April 1919 – 5 August 2009) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Early life He was born in Tjeldsund as the son of coastal pilot Berg Sæther (1876–1948) and wife Magna Toresen (1881–1952). He was edu ...

(1963-1967)

References

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County Municipality County municipality is a designation for an administrative territorial entity in Norway and in Canada. See also *County *Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-gov ...

County municipalities of Norway Organisations based in Tromsø 1838 establishments in Norway 2020 disestablishments in Norway