Nord-Trøndelag County Municipality ( no, Nord-Trøndelag fylkeskommune) was the regional governing administration of the old

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...

county in

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. The county municipality was established in its current form on 1 January 1976 when the law was changed to allow elected county councils in Norway. The county municipality was dissolved on 1 January 2018, when Nord-Trøndelag was merged with the neighboring

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the N ...

county, creating the new

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...

county which is led by the

Trøndelag County Municipality Trøndelag County Municipality ( no, Trøndelag fylkeskommune or sma, Trööndelagen fylhkentjïelte) is the democratically elected regional governing administration of Trøndelag county in Norway. The main responsibilities of the county munic ...

. The main responsibilities of the county municipality included the running of 12 upper secondary schools, with 7,000

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s. It administered the of county roadways,

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, dental care,

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and

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. The administration is located in

Steinkjer Steinkjer is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Steinkjer which is located on the inner part of the Trondheimsfjord. The town is also th ...

Nord-Trøndelag FCounty Municipality administration building

County government

The Nord-Trøndelag

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( no, Fylkestinget) was made up of 35 representatives that were elected every four years. The council essentially acted as a

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or legislative body for the county and it met several times each year. The council was led by the County Mayor () who held the executive powers of the county along with a smaller group known as the county cabinet. The last county mayor of Nord-Trøndelag, was Gunnar Viken (

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) while his deputy is Johannes Sandstad (

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). The county cabinet was led by Anne Marit Mevassvik and has four members, from the Labour Party, the Conservative Party and the Christian Democratic Party.

County council

The

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breakdown of the council was as follows:

County cabinet chairmen

Fylkesrådet med Gunnar Viken (9131606085)

*2003–2011 Alf Daniel Moen, Labour Party *2011–2013

Ingvild Kjerkol Ingvild Kjerkol (born 18 May 1975) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag first time in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021. She has been a member of the Standing Commit ...

, Labour Party *2013–2017 Anne Marit Mevassvik, Labour Party

County mayors

*1963–1966 Johan A. Vikan, Centre Party *1966–1967 Olav Benum, Liberal Party *1968–1975 Knut Aas, Centre Party *1976–1991 Arne Sandnes, Centre Party *1992–1995 Kolbjørn Almlid, Centre Party *1995–1997 Bjarne Håkon Hanssen, Labour Party *1997–2003 Merethe Storødegård, Labour Party *2003–2007

Erik Bartnes Erik Bartnes (27 November 1939 – 26 September 2020) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Centre Party. He is a son of Inge Einarsen Bartnes and father of Inge Bartnes, Anne Margrethe Bartnes, Tore Bartnes and Lars Erik Bartnes. H ...

, Centre Party *2007–2017 Gunnar Viken, Conservative Party

Deputy county mayors

*1963 Martin Mørkved, Liberal Party *1964–1966 Olav Benum, Liberal Party *1968–1971 Petter Vekterli, Christian Democratic Party *1972–1979 Jarle Haugan, Liberal Party *1980–1987 Jon Åby, Liberal Party *1988–1991 Håvard Alstadheim, Liberal Party *1992–1995 Osvald Løberg, Socialist Left Party *1995–2003 Astri Wessel, Christian Democratic Party *2003–2011 Åse Marie Hagen, Labour Party *2011–2017 Johannes Sandstad, Christian Democratic Party

Schools

* Grong Upper Secondary School * Inderøy Upper Secondary School * Leksvik Upper Secondary School * Levanger Upper Secondary School * Meråker Upper Secondary School * Mære Agriculture School * Olav Duun Upper Secondary School * Steinkjer Upper Secondary School * Verdal Upper Secondary School * Ytre Namdal Upper Secondary School

Subsidiaries

* Nord-Trøndelag County Gallery (Gallery) *

Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk or NTE is a power company serving Nord-Trøndelag in Norway and owned by Nord-Trøndelag county municipality. NTE is one of the largest producers of electricity in Norway, with an annual production of 3,4 TWh p ...

(Power company) * Nord-Trøndelag Theatre (Theatre) *

TrønderBilene TrønderBilene AS is a bus company operating in Trøndelag, Norway. As of 2009, it has 324 employees and 238 buses, and is owned by Torghatten ASA. The company operates both coach, bus, charter and school routes, as well as some truck and gar ...

(34%, Bus company)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nord-Trondelag County Municipality Nord-Trøndelag County municipalities of Norway Public transport administrators of Norway 1837 establishments in Norway Organisations based in Steinkjer 2017 disestablishments in Norway