County council (Norway)

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County council (Norwegian: Fylkesting) is the highest governing body of the county municipality in Norway. The county council sets the scope of the county municipal activity. The council is led by the chairman of the county council or county mayor (fylkesordfører). It is common for members of the council to sit in the municipal councils too, but very rare that they also hold legislative (Storting) or Government office, without leave of absence.

[edit] History

The county council has its roots back to the Amtsformandskabet created in 1837. From 1964 the seats were appointed by the municipal councils. In 1975 the first general elections were held for the council.