| Telemark County Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Telemark fylkeskommune |
| Native Name Lang: | no |
| Settlement Type: | Former County |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Skien |
| Extinct Title: | Disestablished |
| Extinct Date: | 1 Jan 2020 |
| Leader Title: | County mayor |
| Leader Name: | Sven Tore Løksild |
| Leader Title1: | Chairman of Cabinet |
| Iso Code: | NO-08 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Revenue |
| Blank Info Sec1: | NOK 1,508 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Employees |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1,544 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Schools |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 13 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Pupils |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Transit authority |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | Vestviken Kollektivtrafikk |
| Blank3 Name Sec2: | Roads |
Telemark County Municipality (no|Telemark fylkeskommune) was the regional governing administration of the old Telemark county in Norway. The county municipality was established in its current 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 Telemark was merged with the neighboring Vestfold county, creating the new Vestfold og Telemark county which is led by the Vestfold og Telemark County Municipality.
The main responsibilities of the county municipality included the running of 29 upper secondary schools. It administered the county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural heritage in the county. The administration was located in Skien. The county municipality had 1,544 employees, and in 2007, a revenue of .[1]
The Telemark county council (no|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, Gunn Marit Helgesen of the Conservative Party was the county mayor.
The party breakdown of the council is as follows:
The county government ran these schools:[2]