Finnmark County Municipality ( no, Finnmark fylkeskommune, sme, Finnmárkku fylkkagielda) was the regional governing administration for the old

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

county in

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. It was dissolved on 31 December 2019 when

county was merged into

Troms og Finnmark Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English), is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform. ...

county starting on 1 January 2020. The administration was located in the town of

Vadsø Vadsø (; sme, Čáhcesuolu; fkv, Vesisaari) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vadsø, which was the administrative centre of the former Finnmark county. O ...

and was led by a

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. The last mayor of the county was Runar Sjåstad from 2007 until 2019. Since 1975, the county council of Finnmark was a democratically elected body with a wide range of responsibilities for the whole county. These responsibilities included economic and social development, construction and maintenance of

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, upper secondary education, dental services, and cultural services. In performing its tasks, the county administration worked closely with the municipalities of Finnmark as well as other public institutions. Elections for the county council were held every four years, simultaneously with the municipal elections.

County government

The Finnmark county council ( no, Fylkestinget) was made up of 31 representatives that were elected every four years. The council essentially acted as a

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or legislative body for the county. The council was led by a county mayor ( no, Fylkesordfører).

County council

The

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breakdown of the final council was as follows:

References

{{use dmy dates, date=June 2020 County Municipality County municipalities of Norway Organisations based in Finnmark 1838 establishments in Norway 2020 disestablishments in Norway