Telemark County Municipality


Telemark County Municipality is the regional governing administration of Telemark, Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 29 upper secondary schools. It administrates the county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture and cultural heritage.
The county council is led by Gunn Marit Helgesen of the Conservative Party. The administration is located in Skien. The county municipality has 1,544 employees, and in 2007, a revenue of.

2007 election

PartyVotes%Change '99SeatsChange '99
Labour Party27,05436.5%+2.1%
Progress Party16,22621.9%+0.7%
Conservative Party8,21411.1%+1.3%
Centre Party6,0538.2%–0.3%
Christian Democrats5,8978.0%+0.1%
Socialist Left4,7736.4%–6.7%
Liberal3,7605.1%+2.1%
Red Electoral Alliance1,4090,7%-0,2%
Pensioners Party4950.7%+0.7%
Democrats1180,2%0,0%
Coastal Party950.1%+0.1%

Upper Secondary Schools