The Kommunstyrelse ("''municipal board''") is the executive branch of local government in each of the 290
municipalities of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden () are its generally smaller but co-equal local government Legal entity, entities. There are 290 municipalities which are responsible for a large proportion of local services, including schools, emergency services a ...
. The term used in the English version of the Swedish Local Government Act is ''municipal executive committee''. But there are also other translations used by particular municipalities.
The executive committee is appointed by the municipal assembly (
kommunfullmäktige).
The chairman of the committee is one of the (sometimes the only)
municipal commissioners (kommunalråd) and is often considered the mayor of the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
, although there is no official office of mayor in Sweden.
The word is also used in bilingual Finland for the Finnish term ''kunnanhallitus''.
See also
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Municipalities of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden () are its generally smaller but co-equal local government Legal entity, entities. There are 290 municipalities which are responsible for a large proportion of local services, including schools, emergency services a ...
External links
Swedish Local Government Act in English
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