Nord-Trøndelag County Municipality () was the regional governing administration of the old

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...

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 Counties of Norway, 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. ...

county, creating the new

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county which is led by the Trøndelag County Municipality. 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.

County government

The Nord-Trøndelag

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() 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

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( Conservative Party) while his deputy is Johannes Sandstad ( Christian Democratic Party). 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 cabinet chairmen

*2003–2011 Alf Daniel Moen, Labour Party *2011–2013 Ingvild Kjerkol, 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, Centre Party *2007–2017

, 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

County council

The

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breakdown of the council was as follows:

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 northern Trøndelag county in Norway and owned by the local governments of 19 municipalities that it serves. NTE is one of the largest producers of electricity in Norway, with an ...

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