List of mayors of Bergen
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Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

s of Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

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Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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Since 2000, the city is governed by a city council (byråd) based on the principle of parliamentarism
Subnational parliamentary system in Norway
The parliamentary system is a part of the Constitution of Norway , regarding the national level of administration and how the political executive branch should be formed...

. This change led to the real political power in the city being transferred from the mayor to the leader of the city council. The current leader of the city council is Monica Mæland
Monica Mæland
Monica Mæland is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and has since 27 October 2003 been the Chief Commissioner of the City of Bergen.- Background :...

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