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County Cabinet (Norway)
The parliamentary system is a part of the Constitution of Norway (§ 15), regarding the government of Norway, national level of administration and how the executive branch of government, political executive branch should be formed. From the 1980s it has been used on the subnational levels as well; on the local (in municipality (Norway), municipalities) as well as regional level (in County municipality (Norway), county municipalities). Local level Locally, the parliamentary system is used in two municipalities consisting of large cities: Norway's largest city and capital Oslo and Norway's second largest city Bergen. In practice, it has meant the forming of a new institution, the city government (). In line with the parliamentary principle, this derives from the municipal council (Norway), city council, which is elected in a Norwegian municipal elections, municipal election. Also, the responsibility of preparing cases and proposals for the city council was transferred to the city gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary System
A parliamentary system, or parliamentary democracy, is a form of government where the head of government (chief executive) derives their Election, democratic legitimacy from their ability to command the support ("confidence") of a majority of the legislature, to which they are held accountable. This head of government is usually, but not always, distinct from a ceremonial head of state. This is in contrast to a presidential system, which features a president who is not fully accountable to the legislature, and cannot be replaced by a simple majority vote. Countries with parliamentary systems may be Constitutional monarchy, constitutional monarchies, where a monarch is the head of state while the head of government is almost always a member of parliament, or Parliamentary republic, parliamentary republics, where a mostly ceremonial president is the head of state while the head of government is from the legislature. In a few countries, the head of government is also head of state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skien
Skien () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsjø area and Bø. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien, which is also the administrative centre of the whole county. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Åfoss, Hoppestad, Klovholt, Luksefjell, Melum, Kilebygda, Skotfoss, Sneltvedt, and Valebø. The municipality is the 147th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Skien is the 18th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 55,924. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 5.5% over the previous 10-year period. The conurbation of Porsgrunn/Skien is reckoned by Statistics Norway to be the seventh largest urban area in Norway, straddling an area of three municipalities: Skien municipality (about 62 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
Anne-Grete Hjelle Strøm-Erichsen (born 21 October 1949 in Bergen) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as minister of defence from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2012 to 2013. She also served as minister of health and care services from 2009 to 2012. In local politics, she served as the mayor of Bergen from 1999 to 2000 and its first chief commissioner from 2000 to 2003. Education and early career Strøm-Erichsen was educated in EDB engineering at Bergen University College in 1974. She then studied at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in the United States until 1981 and worked with the EDB systems at the University of Bergen until 1984. She was later senior consultant in Siemens Nixdorf from 1988 to 1991 and BDC AS from 1991 to 1995. Political career Local politics Strøm-Erichsen was mayor of Bergen from 1999 to 2000 and chaired its city council from 2000 to 2003. Being mayor, she was the president of the Organization of World Heritage Cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Johansen
Raymond Johansen (born 14 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as Governing Mayor of Oslo from 2015 to 2023. A former member of the Socialist Left Party, Johansen previously served as the Oslo city commissioner for transport and environment from 1992 to 1995, when his party withdrew from the city cabinet. After joining Labour, he served as the party secretary from 2009 to 2015. Early life and education Johansen was born in Oslo and was a plumber by trade. Career Early career Originally a member of the Socialist Left Party, Johansen chaired their youth wing Socialist Youth from 1986 to 1988 and was a member of the central party board from 1986 to 1991. He chaired the local party chapter in Oslo from 1990 to 1991, and was city commissioner (''byråd'') of the environment and transport in the city government of Oslo from 1991 to 1995. He was not re-elected in 1995, and left the Socialist Left Party. He then worked in the Norwegian Agency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stian Berger Røsland
Stian Berger Røsland (born 3 November 1976 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He succeeded Erling Lae as Governing Mayor of Oslo in 2009. He served until 2015, when he was replaced by Labour politician Raymond Johansen after the Conservatives and allies narrowly lost the majority in Oslo city council in the 2015 local elections. He also served as commissioner of finance under Erling Lae from 2007 to 2009. Personal life and education Røsland is master of law from the University of Oslo. He is a lawyer and partner in the law firm Selmer DA. After resigning as governing mayor, he returned to the private sector in Oslo. Røsland is married to Marit Berger Røsland, a former Minister of European Affairs, also affiliated the Conservative Party, and has two children. He is Catholic, said to be the first such individual to serve as mayor of Oslo since the Reformation. Political career Røsland became politically involved in his youth through the Youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erling Lae
Erling Lae (born 16 March 1947) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Oslo, is a cand.philol. by education and formerly worked as a journalist. From 1981 to 1985 he was a political advisor in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Administration. He was elected to Oslo city council in 1991, and was a city commissioner between 1997 and 2000. From 2000 to 2009 he was the governing mayor of Oslo. As such he headed the executive branch of the city government in the capital city of Norway. He was a deputy leader of the Conservative Party from 2008 to 2010. In 2010 he was announced as the new county governor of Vestfold, succeeding Mona Røkke. He was succeeded in June 2016 by second deputy leader of the Progress Party, Per Arne Olsen. Lae is openly gay, and was named as the most powerful homosexual man in Norway three years in a row by queer website Gaysir, in 2006 through 2008. He is married to Jens Torstein Olsen, a Lutheran minister, with whom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Huitfeldt
Fritz Huitfeldt (4 September 1939 – 27 October 2022) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party. Huitfeldt held a cand.jur. degree. He worked in the Foundation for Student Life in Oslo from 1975 to 1987, and in Oslo Bolig- og Sparelag from 1992. He was elected to Oslo city council following the 1979 local elections, but was a deputy member from 1984. In 1989, he was appointed City Commissioner of the Boroughs in the city government of Hans Svelland. He left city politics in 1991, but returned as Chairman of the City Government in 1997. He served until 2000, and was then a councilman until 2003. Huitfeldt died in Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ..., on 27 October 2022, aged 83. References 1939 births 2022 deaths 20th-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rune Gerhardsen
Rune Gerhardsen (13 June 1946 – 4 September 2021) was a Norwegian politician, representing the Norwegian Labour Party, and sports leader at Norwegian Skating Association representing Aktiv SK. Biography Gerhardsen was a son of Werna and Einar Gerhardsen, and attended Oslo Cathedral School. He chaired the Workers' Youth League from 1973 to 1975 and served as Oslo’s ''governing mayor'' from 1992 to 1997. He chaired the Norwegian Skating Association from 1986 to 1990, again from 2001 to 2003 and for a third time from 2013 to 2017. Gerhardsen died of Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems wit ... at Nordseterhjemmet in Oslo on 4 September 2021, surrounded by his closest family. He was 75. Personal life Gerhardsen was married to Tove Strand in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Tetzschner
Michael Christian von Tetzschner (born 9 February 1954 in Copenhagen, Denmark), commonly known as Michael Tetzschner, is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He is the President of the Nordic Council during 2018. Tetzschner was Governing Mayor of Oslo from 1989 to 1992. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 2009. He grew up in Copenhagen in Denmark until he was eight years old, when he moved to his grandparents in Oslo. He lives with politician Kristin Clemet Kristin Clemet (born 20 April 1957, in Harstad) is a Norwegian politician for Høyre, Norway's Conservative Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1989, but was not re-elected in 1993. She had previously served as a depu .... References External links * 1954 births Living people Politicians from Oslo Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian people of German descent Members of the Storting 2009–2013 Members of the Storting 2013– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Svelland
Hans Svelland (born 28 November 1943) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the term 1973–1977. In total he met during 2 days of parliamentary session. From 1986 to 1989 he chaired the city government of Oslo, after the city had been a pioneer in introducing a such government elected through a parliamentary system A parliamentary system, or parliamentary democracy, is a form of government where the head of government (chief executive) derives their Election, democratic legitimacy from their ability to command the support ("confidence") of a majority of t .... He chaired the Norwegian Young Conservatives from 1969 to 1971. References 1943 births Living people Politicians from Oslo Deputy members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordlys
''Nordlys'' is a Norwegian newspaper published in Tromsø, covering the region of Troms, and the largest newspaper in Northern Norway. History and profile ''Nordlys'' was founded in 1902 by Alfred Eriksen, who also was its first editor-in-chief. The majority owner of the paper is A-Pressen, until 2012, when A-Pressen was renamed Amedia. The paper is headquartered in Tromsø Tromsø is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the administrative centre of Troms county. The city is located on the is .... It was an organ of the Labour Party. Among the later editors are Ivan Kristoffersen, who edited the newspaper from 1982 to 1997, and Hans Kristian Amundsen who served in the position from 2001 to 2011. Anders Opdahl served as chief editor from 2011 to 2016, and Helge Nitteberg has been chief editor since 2016. ''Nordlys'' has been one of the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tromsø
Tromsø is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the administrative centre of Troms county. The city is located on the island of Tromsøya which sits in the Tromsøysundet strait, just off the mainland of Northern Norway. The mainland suburb of Tromsdalen is connected to the city centre on Tromsøya by the Tromsø Bridge and the Tromsøysund Tunnel. The suburb of Kvaløysletta on the island of Kvaløya (Tromsø), Kvaløya is connected to the city centre by the Sandnessund Bridge. The city centre contains the highest number of old wooden houses in Northern Norway, the oldest dating from 1789. Tromsø is a cultural hub for the region, with several festivals taking place in the summer. The city has a population of 41,915 (2023) and a population density of . Names and etymology The city of Tromsø is named after the island of Tromsøya, on which it stands. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
