Oppland County Municipality | |
Native Name: | Oppland fylkeskommune |
Native Name Lang: | no |
Settlement Type: | Former County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Seat Type: | Administrative center |
Seat: | Lillehammer |
Extinct Title: | Disestablished |
Extinct Date: | 31 Dec 2019 |
Leader Title: | County mayor |
Leader Name: | Even Aleksander Hagen |
Leader Title1: | Chairman of Cabinet |
Iso Code: | NO-05 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Revenue |
Blank Info Sec1: | NOK 3,300 million |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Employees |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1,800[1] |
Blank Name Sec2: | Schools |
Blank Info Sec2: | 13 |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Pupils |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Transit authority |
Blank2 Info Sec2: | Opplandstrafikk |
Blank3 Name Sec2: | Roads |
Oppland County Municipality (no|Oppland fylkeskommune) was the regional governing administration of the old Oppland county in Norway. 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 Hedmark county, creating the new Innlandet county which is led by the Innlandet County Municipality. The administrative seat is located in Lillehammer and the county mayor was Even Aleksander Hagen.
The main responsibilities of the county municipality included the running of the 13 upper secondary schools. It managed all the county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural heritage sites in the county. Public transport was managed through Opplandstrafikk.
The county municipality ran the following schools (prior to the merger with Hedmark in 2020):[2]
The Oppland county council (no|Fylkestinget) was made up of 37 representatives that were elected every four years. The council essentially acted as a Parliament or legislative body for the county and it met several times each year. The council was divided into standing committees and an executive board (Norwegian: fylkesutvalg) which met considerably more often. Both the council and executive board were led by the County Mayor (Norwegian: fylkesordfører) who held the executive powers of the county. The final County Mayor was Even Aleksander Hagen.
The party breakdown of the council is as follows: