Telemark County Municipality

Telemark County Municipality Telemark fylkeskommune
County
Coat of arms
Location in Norway Location in Norway
Country	Norway
Administrative center	Skien
Government
• County mayor	Gunn Marit Helgesen
ISO 3166 code	NO-08
Revenue	NOK 1,508
Employees	1,544
Schools	13
Transit authority	Vestviken Kollektivtrafikk
Website	www.telemark-fk.no

Telemark County Municipality (Norwegian: Telemark fylkeskommune) 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 NOK 1,508 million.

2007 election

Party	Votes	%	Change '99	Seats	Change '99
Labour Party	27,054	36.5%	+2.1%
Progress Party	16,226	21.9%	+0.7%
Conservative Party	8,214	11.1%	+1.3%
Centre Party	6,053	8.2%	–0.3%
Christian Democrats	5,897	8.0%	+0.1%
Socialist Left	4,773	6.4%	–6.7%
Liberal	3,760	5.1%	+2.1%
Red Electoral Alliance	1,409	0,7%	-0,2%
Pensioners Party	495	0.7%	+0.7%
Democrats	118	0,2%	0,0%
Coastal Party	95	0.1%	+0.1%

Upper Secondary Schools

• Bamble Upper Secondary School
• Bø vidaregåande skule
• Croftholmen Upper Secondary School
• Hjalmar Johansen Upper Secondary School
• Kragerø Upper Secondary School
• Lunde vidaregåande skule
• Notodden Upper Secondary School
• Porsgrunn Upper Secondary School
• Rjukan Upper Secondary School
• Skien Upper Secondary School
• Skogmo Upper Secondary School
• Søve Upper Secondary School
• Vest-Telemark Upper Secondary School