A county municipality in Norway (Norwegian: Fylkeskommune) is a public elected body that is responsible for certain public administrative and service tasks within a county.
The main responsibility of the county municipalities are upper secondary schools, dental care, public transport, county roads, culture, cultural heritage management, land use planning and business development.
[1] Each county council main body is the county council (fylkesting), elected by direct election by all legal residents every fourth year.
The county councils typically have 30-50 members and meet about six times a year.
They are divided into standing committees and an executive board (fylkesutvalg), that meet considerably more often.