| Aust-Agder County Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Aust-Agder fylkeskommune |
| Native Name Lang: | no |
| Settlement Type: | Former County |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Arendal |
| Leader Title: | County mayor |
| Leader Name: | Gro Bråten |
| Leader Title1: | Chairman of Cabinet |
| Leader Name1: | Arild Eielsen |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1 Jan 1976 |
| Extinct Title: | Disestablished |
| Extinct Date: | 1 Jan 2020 |
| Iso Code: | NO-09 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Revenue |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Employees |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1,100 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Schools |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 8 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Pupils |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 4,500 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Transit authority |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | None |
| Blank3 Name Sec2: | Roads |
Aust-Agder County Municipality (Norwegian: Aust-Agder fylkeskommune) was the regional governing administration of the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The county municipality was established 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 Aust-Agder was merged with the neighboring Vest-Agder county, creating the new Agder county which is led by the Agder County Municipality.
The main responsibilities of the county municipality included the running of eight upper secondary schools with about 4,500 pupils. It was also in charge of county-wide regional planning, county roads, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural heritage.[1] The administrative centre of the county is the town of Arendal.
Stein Ytterdahl was the last County Governor of Aust-Agder (from 2016 until its dissolution in 2020, there was one county governor for both Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder counties). The Governor was the representative of the King and Government of Norway in the county, functioning as the connection between the state and the municipalities.
The Aust-Agder county council (Norwegian: Fylkestinget) is made up of 35 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 is divided into standing committees and an executive board (Norwegian: fylkesutvalg) which meet considerably more often. Both the council and executive board are led by the County Mayor (Norwegian: fylkesordfører) who held the executive powers of the county. From 2017 until its dissolution in 2020, Gro Bråten of the Labour Party was the County Mayor and the Deputy County Mayor was Jon-Olav Strand of the Christian Democratic Party.
The party breakdown of the council is as follows: