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Municipal council is the highest governing body of the municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 in Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. The municipal council sets the scope of municipal activity, takes major decisions, and delegates responsibility. The council is led by a mayor (ordfører or borgermester) and is divided into an executive board (formannskap) and a number of committees, each responsible for a subsection of tasks. It is not uncommon for some members of the council to sit in the county councils
County council (Norway)

County council is the highest governing body of the county municipality in Norway. The county council sets the scope of the county municipal activity....
 too, but very rare that they also hold legislative (Storting
Storting

The Storting is the Norway Parliament, and is located in the capital city Oslo. It sits in the Storting building which was completed in 1866 and was designed by the Sweden architect Emil Victor Langlet....
) or Government office, without leave of absence
Leave of absence

Leave of absence is a term used to describe a period of time that one is to be away from his/her primary job, while maintaining the status of employee....
.

The municipal council dates back to 1837 with the creation of the Formannskabsdistrikt.






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Municipal council is the highest governing body of the municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 in Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. The municipal council sets the scope of municipal activity, takes major decisions, and delegates responsibility. The council is led by a mayor (ordfører or borgermester) and is divided into an executive board (formannskap) and a number of committees, each responsible for a subsection of tasks. It is not uncommon for some members of the council to sit in the county councils
County council (Norway)

County council is the highest governing body of the county municipality in Norway. The county council sets the scope of the county municipal activity....
 too, but very rare that they also hold legislative (Storting
Storting

The Storting is the Norway Parliament, and is located in the capital city Oslo. It sits in the Storting building which was completed in 1866 and was designed by the Sweden architect Emil Victor Langlet....
) or Government office, without leave of absence
Leave of absence

Leave of absence is a term used to describe a period of time that one is to be away from his/her primary job, while maintaining the status of employee....
.

The municipal council dates back to 1837 with the creation of the Formannskabsdistrikt. In cities the council is often called a city council (bystyre).

See also

  • Municipalities of Norway
    Municipalities of Norway

    ||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....