Troms County Municipality


Troms County Municipality was the regional governing administration of the old Troms county in northern Norway. It had its administration in the city of Tromsø. It consisted of a 37-member county council and a five-member county cabinet.

County government

The Troms county council was made up of 37 representatives that are elected every four years. The last council was elected for the 2015–2019 term. The council essentially acts as a Parliament or legislative body for the county. This council was led by a county mayor, and the council elected five members to be in the county cabinet which carried out the executive functions of the county. The last cabinet was led by Willy Ørnebakk.

County council

The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

County mayor

The county council was led by a county mayor. The last county mayor of Troms was Knut Werner Hansen from the Labour Party. He served in this office from 2011–2019.
;Previous Troms county mayors include: