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A county council ( no, Fylkesting) is the highest governing body of a county municipality (''fylkeskommune'') in
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. The county council sets the scope of the county municipal activity. The council is led by the Chairman of the County Council, more commonly called a County Mayor (''fylkesordfører''). Members of the council are elected for a four-year term through the general local elections. It is common for members of a county council to also hold seats in municipal councils, but very rare that they also hold legislative ( Storting) or other government office, without a
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History

The county council has its roots in ''Amtsformandskabet'' created in 1837. Starting in 1964, members of the county councils were appointed by the municipal councils. In 1975, the first general
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s were held for the county councils. County administration of Norway 1837 establishments in Norway County councils {{norway-gov-stub