Oppland County Municipality ( no, Oppland fylkeskommune) was the regional governing administration of the old

Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The c ...

county in

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. The county municipality was established in its most recent 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 2020, when Oppland was merged with the neighboring

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county, creating the new

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county which is led by the Innlandet County Municipality. The administrative seat is located in Lillehammer and the county mayor was

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. The main responsibilities of the county municipality included the running of the 13 upper secondary schools. It managed all the county roadways,

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, dental care,

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, and cultural heritage sites in the county. Public transport was managed through Opplandstrafikk.

Schools

The county municipality ran the following schools (prior to the merger with

in 2020): * Dokka Upper Secondary School * Gausdal Upper Secondary School * Gjøvik Upper Secondary School * Hadeland Upper Secondary School * Lena Upper Secondary School * Lillehammer Upper Secondary School * Mesna Upper Secondary School * Nord-Gudbrandsdal Upper Secondary School * Raufoss Upper Secondary School * Valdres Upper Secondary School * Valle Upper Secondary School * Vargstad Upper Secondary School * Vinstra Upper Secondary School

County government

The Oppland

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( no, Fylkestinget) was made up of 37 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 divided into standing committees and an executive board () which met considerably more often. Both the council and executive board were led by the County Mayor () who held the executive powers of the county. The final County Mayor was

County council

The

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breakdown of the council is as follows:

References

{{use dmy dates, date=February 2022 County municipality County municipalities of Norway Organisations based in Lillehammer 1838 establishments in Norway 2020 disestablishments in Norway