Viken County Municipality Explained

Viken County Municipality
Native Name:Norwegian: Viken fylkeskommune
Settlement Type:County
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Seat Type:Administrative center
Seat:Oslo
Leader Title:County mayor
Leader Name:Roger Ryberg
Leader Title1:Chairman of Cabinet
Iso Code:NO-30
Blank Name Sec1:Budget
Blank1 Name Sec1:Employees
Blank Name Sec2:Schools
Blank Info Sec2:58
Blank1 Name Sec2:Pupils
Blank1 Info Sec2:40,000
Blank2 Name Sec2:Transit authority
Blank2 Info Sec2:Brakar, Østfold Kollektivtrafikk, and Ruter
Blank3 Name Sec2:Roads

Viken County Municipality (Norwegian: Viken fylkeskommune) is the democratically elected regional governing administration of Viken county in Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the overseeing the county's 21 upper secondary schools, county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural heritage. The public transportation in the county is managed by Brakar, Østfold Kollektivtrafikk, and Ruter. Ruter is co-owned with the city of Oslo.[1] [2]

County government

The Viken county council (Norwegian: Fylkestinget) is made up of 87 representatives that are elected every four years. The council essentially acts as a Parliament or legislative body for the county and it meets about six 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).

County council

The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: fylkeskommune . . . 2020-02-19 . Berg . Ole T. . no . 2022-02-05.
  2. Web site: Fakta og tall om Viken . Viken fylkeskommune . 2022-02-05 . no .