Vestfold County Municipality ( no, Vestfold fylkeskommune) is the regional governing administration of

Vestfold Vestfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. In 2020 the county became part of the much larger county of Vestfold og Telemark. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it bordered t ...

county in

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, after the county was re-established in 2024. The county municipality was earlier established 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 Vestfold was merged with the neighboring

Telemark Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...

county, creating the new

Vestfold og Telemark Vestfold og Telemark (; ) is a county under disestablishment in Norway. The county is the southernmost one of Eastern Norway and consists of two distinct and separate traditional regions: the former counties of Telemark and (most of) Vestfold ...

county which was led by the Vestfold og Telemark County Municipality. The administrative seat is located in

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and the county mayor is Anne Strømøy of the

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and the chief administrative officer for the county municipality is Toril Eeg. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the governing of ten upper secondary schools with about 8,500 pupils in addition to Skiringssal Folk High School. It manages all the county roadways,

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, dental care,

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, and cultural heritage sites in the county. Public transport is managed through Vestfold Kollektivtrafikk.

County government

The Vestfold

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( no, Fylkestinget) is made up of 39 representatives that are elected every four years. The council essentially acts as a

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or legislative body for the county and it meets several times each year. The council is divided into standing committees and an executive board () which meet considerably more often. Both the council and executive board are led by the County Mayor () who holds the executive powers of the county.

County mayors

*1964-1971:

Torgeir Andersen Torgeir Andersen (born 16 February 1916 in Nøtterøy, died 5 February 1991) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold in 1969, and was re-elected on one occasion. On the loca ...

(

) *1972-1975: Harald Thaulow (

) *1976-1991: Sverre Nordby (

) *1992-2003: Ellen Gjerpe Hansen (

) *2003-2005:

Anne Rygh Pedersen Anne Rygh Pedersen (born 28 June 1967 in Larvik) is a Norwegian politician. She is a member of the Labour Party. She served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold during the term 2001–2005. Rygh ...

( Labour Party) *2005-2007: Tove Lisbeth Vasvik ( Labour Party) *2007-2014: Per-Eivind Johansen (

) *2015-2019: Rune Hogsnes (

) * 2023- : Anne Strømøy (

)

County council

The

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breakdown of the council is as follows:

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 ...

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