Hordaland County Municipality

Hordaland County Municipality Hordaland fylkeskommune
County
Coat of arms
Location in Norway
Country	Norway
Administrative center	Bergen
Government
• County mayor	Torill Selsvold Nyborg
ISO 3166 code	NO-12
Revenue	NOK 3,300 million
Employees	4,200
Schools	46
Pupils	17,000
Transit authority	Skyss
Website	www.hordaland.no

Hordaland County Municipality (Norwegian: Hordaland fylkeskommune) is the regional governing administration of Hordaland county, Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 46 upper secondary schools, with 17,000 pupils. It manages all the county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural heritage sites in the county.

The county council has 57 members, and Chairman of the County Council is Torill Selsvold Nyborg (Christian Democrats) while her deputy is Tom-Christer Nilsen (Conservative). Politically the county municipality is led by a coalition between the Progress Party, the Conservative Party and the Christian Democrats.

Council membership

The county council for 2011-2015 party breakdown is as follows:

Hordaland Fylkestinget 2011–2015

Party Name		Name in Norwegian	Number of representatives
	Labour Party	Arbeiderpartiet	16
	Progress Party	Framstegspartiet	8
	Conservative Party	Høgre	17
	Christian Democratic Party	Kristelig Folkeparti	5
	Red Party	Raudt	1
	Centre Party	Senterpartiet	3
	Socialist Left Party	Sosialistisk Venstreparti	2
	Liberal Party	Venstre	4
	Local Lists	Lokale lister	1
Total number of members:			57

Transport

Public transport in Hordaland is the responsibility of the county municipality, including the city buses in the city of Bergen. Control of the city buses was transferred from the city to the county on 1 January 2008.

In 2007, the county municipality created the transit authority company called "Skyss" that would market public transport while is would be operated by private companies based on public service obligation contracts. Prior to this, most routes had been operated by the private company Tide.

External links

• Official site