Hordaland County Municipality


Hordaland County Municipality was the regional governing administration of the old Hordaland county, Norway. On 1 January 2020, the new Vestland county was established by merging the old Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane counties. The new county is governed by the new Vestland County Municipality.
The main responsibilities of the county municipality included the running of 46 upper secondary schools, with 17,000 pupils. It managed all the county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural heritage sites in the county.
The county council had 57 members, and the final Chairman of the County Council was Anne Gine Hestetun of the Labour Party, while her deputy was Rune Haugsdal. Politically, the county municipality was led by a coalition between the Labour Party, the Liberal Party and the Christian Democrats.

Council membership

The county council for 2015–2019 party breakdown was as follows:

Transport

Public transport in Hordaland was the responsibility of the county municipality, including the city buses in the city of Bergen. Control of the city buses was transferred from the city to the county on 1 January 2008.
In 2007, the county municipality created the transit authority called "Skyss" that would market public transport while it would be operated by private companies based on public service obligation contracts. Prior to this, most routes had been operated by the private company Tide Buss and its predecessors.