Trøndelag County Municipality ( or ) is the democratically elected regional governing administration of

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county in

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. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 36 upper secondary schools, with 17,000

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s. It administers thousands of kilometers of county roadways,

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, dental care,

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, and

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County government

The county municipality's most important tasks include

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, recreation (sports and outdoor life), and

. The county municipality is also responsible for all

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(including

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operations) and

(including school busses). The county municipality has further responsibility for regional

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, power production, and

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. The county also has responsibility for providing dental health services (in 2002, responsibility for hospitals and public medicine was transferred from the counties to the new regional health authorities).

County council

The county council () is made up of 59 representatives that are elected by direct election by all legal residents of the county every fourth year. The council is the legislative body for the county. The county council typically meets about six times a year. Council members are divided into standing committees and an executive committee (), which meet considerably more often. Both the council and executive committee (with at least 5 members) are led by the county mayor (). The executive committee carries out the executive funitons of the county under the direction of the whole council. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political

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County mayor

The county mayor () of Trøndelag has been the political leader of the county and the chairperson of the

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. Here is a list of people who have held this position: *2018–2023: Tore O. Sandvik ( Ap) *2023–present: Tomas Iver Hallem ( Sp)

Transport

Public transport in the county are operated on

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contracts from the county municipality via the

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company ''AtB AS'' (meaning A to B), and operations are performed by Boreal Buss,

Nettbuss Vy Buss, formerly branded as Nettbuss, is the largest bus company in Norway, owned by Vy. It was established on 10 February 2000 as the continuation of the bus operations from former NSB Biltrafikk. In addition to bus services in major parts o ...

Tide Buss Tide ASA is a public transport company in Vestland, Norway which resulted from the merger of Gaia Trafikk and Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap (HSD). The company provides the public transit network in the city of Bergen, and most of ...

and

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 garage ...

(buses),

Boreal Bane Boreal Bane AS, trading, and formerly known as, AS Gråkallbanen, is a Norwegian company that operates the remaining part of the Trondheim Tramway, Norway. It operates six trams on the Gråkall Line, that connects the city centre to parts of th ...

(tram), and

Fosen Trafikklag Fosen Trafikklag is a company operating buses and ferries in Trøndelag and Østlandet in Norway. In total the company has approximately 750 vehicles and 16 ships, though numerous of them operate by subsidiaries. The company merged with Namos T ...

and

Kystekspressen Partsrederiet Kystekspressen ANS branded as Kystekspressen or ''the Coast Express'' is a shipping company that operates passenger ferry services between Trondheim and Kristiansund, Norway. Three ships are used on the route, that includes the bran ...

(passenger ferries). County road are operated by the

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, though managed by the county municipality.

Schools

The county operates 32 upper secondary schools in the county. * Byåsen Upper Secondary School, Trondheim * Charlottenlund Upper Secondary School, Trondheim *

Fosen Upper Secondary School Fosen is a traditional district in coastal Trøndelag county, Norway. The district consists of the municipalities Osen, Åfjord, Ørland, Indre Fosen, Orkland, Heim, Hitra, and Frøya. In colloquial speech, Fosen also refers to the Fosen pen ...

Gauldal Upper Secondary School Gauldal or Gauldalen () is a valley and traditional district in Trøndelag county, Norway. The river Gaula runs through the long valley from the mountains in Røros Municipality near the lake Aursunden to the Trondheimsfjorden. The narrow va ...

* Grong Upper Secondary School * Heimdal Upper Secondary School, Trondheim * Hemne Upper Secondary School * Hitra Upper Secondary School * Inderøy Upper Secondary School *

Leksvik Upper Secondary School Leksvik may refer to: Places *Leksvik (village) Leksvik is a village in Indre Fosen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Trondheimsfjorden at the junction of Norwegian County Road 755 and ...

* Levanger Upper Secondary School *

Malvik Upper Secondary School Malvik may refer to: Places * Malvik Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *''Malvik'', an urban area also known as Vikhammer in Malvik Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Malvik Church, a church in Malvik Municipality ...

Meldal Upper Secondary School Meldal is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Orkland Municipality. It was part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipalit ...

Melhus Upper Secondary School Melhus may refer to: Places *Melhus Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Melhus (village) Melhus is the administrative centre of Melhus Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located in the lower Gauldal ...

* Meråker Upper Secondary School * Mære Agriculture School * Olav Duun Upper Secondary School * Ole Vig Upper Secondary School *

Oppdal Upper Secondary School Oppdal may refer to: Places *Oppdal Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Oppdal (village), a village within Oppdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Oppdal Church, a church in Oppdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, ...

* Orkdal Upper Secondary School * Rissa Upper Secondary School * Røros Upper Secondary School *

Selbu Upper Secondary School Selbu may refer to: Places *Selbu Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Selbu Church, a church in Selbu Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Mebonden (sometimes ''Selbu''), a village within Selbu Municipality in Trøndela ...

* Skjetlein Upper Secondary School, Trondheim * Steinkjer Upper Secondary School *

Strinda Upper Secondary School Strinda is a neighborhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. The neighborhood is located in the Lerkendal borough within Trondheim Municipality. It is the site of the historic Strinda Church. The neighborhood lies to the nort ...

, Trondheim * Thora Storm Upper Secondary School * Tiller Upper Secondary School, Trondheim *

Trondheim Cathedral School Trondheim Cathedral School (, Latin: ''Schola Cathedralis Nidrosiensis'') is an upper secondary school located next to the Nidaros Cathedral in the center of Trondheim, Norway. History There is great dispute regarding the actual founding date of ...

Verdal Upper Secondary School Verdal may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places *Verdal Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Verdal (town) (also known as ''Verdalsøra''), a town within Verdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Verdal Station, a railway station ...

* Ytre Namdal Upper Secondary School *

Åfjord Upper Secondary School Åfjord may refer to: Places *Åfjord Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Å, Åfjord (also known as ''Åfjord''), a village within Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Åfjorden, a fjord in Åfjord Municipality ...

References

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