Aust-Agder County Municipality

Aust-Agder County Municipality (Norwegian: Aust-Agder fylkeskommune) is the county government for Aust-Agder county, Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of eight upper secondary schools with about 4,500 pupils. It is also in charge of county-wide regional planning, county roads, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural heritage.

The administrative centre of the county is the town of Arendal. The county council (Norwegian: Fylkesting) is the legislative body for the county. It has 35 members who are directly elected every four years. The executive powers of the county belong to the County Mayor (Norwegian: Fylkesordfører). Since 2017, this has been Gro Bråten of the Labour Party and the Deputy County Mayor is Jon-Olav Strand of the Christian Democratic Party. Stein Ytterdahl is the County Governor of Agder (since 2016, there has been one county governor for both Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder counties). The Governor is the representative of the King and Government of Norway in each county, functioning as the connection between the state and the municipalities.

Aust-Agder fylkesting 2015–2019

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	11
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	4
	Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne)	1
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	7
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	5
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	3
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	1
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		35