Troms County Municipality

Troms County Municipality
Troms fylkeskommune
County

Coat of arms

Location in Norway
Country Norway
Administrative center Tromsø
Government
 • County mayor Knut Werner Hansen
ISO 3166 code NO-19
Website www.tromsfylke.no

Troms County Municipality (Norwegian: Troms fylkeskommune, Northern Sami: Romssa fylkkasuohkan) is the regional governing administration of Troms county in northern Norway. It has its administration in the city of Tromsø. It consists of a 37-member county council and a 5-member county cabinet.[1]

County government

The Troms county council (Norwegian: Fylkestinget) is made up of 37 representatives that are elected every four years. The council most recently elected for the 2015-2019 term. The council essentially acts as a Parliament or legislative body for the county. This council is led by a county mayor (Norwegian: Fylkesordfører), and the council elects 5 members to be in the county cabinet (Norwegian: Fylkesrådet) which carries out the executive functions of the county. The cabinet is led by Willy Ørnebakk.[2]

Troms Fylkestinget 2015–2019
Party NameName in NorwegianNumber of
representatives
 Labour PartyArbeiderpartiet12
 Progress PartyFremskrittspartiet5
 Conservative PartyHøyre6
 Christian Democratic PartyKristelig Folkeparti2
 Green PartyMiljøpartiet De Grønne2
 Red PartyRødt2
 Centre PartySenterpartiet4
 Socialist Left PartySosialistisk Venstreparti2
 Liberal PartyVenstre2
Total number of members:37

County mayor

The county council is led by a county mayor, currently Knut Werner Hansen from the Labour Party. He is serving in this office for the 2011-2015 term. The deputy county mayor is Kristine Bertheussen Killie from the Conservative Party.

Troms County Municipality administration building (2010)
Previous Troms county mayors include

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Troms County Council" (in Norwegian). Troms fylkeskommune. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  2. ↑ "Organisational structure" (in Norwegian). Troms fylkeskommune. Retrieved 2017-08-29.


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