Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality

Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality Sogn og Fjordane fylkeskommune
County
Coat of arms
Location in Norway
Country	Norway
Administrative center	Leikanger
Government
• County mayor	Åshild Kjelsnes
ISO 3166 code	NO-14
Schools	14
Pupils	4,500
Transit authority	Fjord1
Website	www.sfj.no

Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality (Norwegian: Sogn og Fjordane fylkeskommune) is the regional governing administration for Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 14 upper secondary schools with 4,500 pupils.^[1] It administrates the county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural heritage.^[2]

The county council has 39 members, and since 2011, Chairman of the County Council is Åshild Kjelsnes of the Labour Party.^[3] The county council has 39 representatives as shown below:

Location

The administrative seat is located at the village of Leikanger in Leikanger municipality where all of the county offices are located except for the cultural division, which is located in the town of Førde. Tore Eriksen is chief-of-administration.^[4] Traditionally, the county administration was said to be in the village of Hermansverk, which was regarded as the administrative seat, but Hermansverk and the neighboring village of Leikanger have grown together and form one large village, and now the administrative seat is said to be Leikanger even though the buildings are still in the same place.

Transport

Leikanger with the county administration buildings visible

The county previously owned the transportation company Fylkesbaatane i Sogn og Fjordane, which operated ferry services throughout the county. In 2001, Fylkesbaatane merged with the Møre og Romsdal County Municipality-owned Møre og Romsdal Fylkesbåtar to create the new company Fjord1, of which Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality remains a majority shareholder.

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