Telemark is a county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold,Buskerud,Vestland,Rogaland and Agder. In 2020,Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. On 1 January 2024,the county of Telemark was re-established after Vestfold og Telemark was divided again.
is a municipality in Telemark county,Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn. Some other notable settlements in Porsgrunn include the town of Brevik and the villages of Langangen and Heistad.
Siljan is a municipality in Telemark county,Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Siljan. Other villages in Siljan include Snurråsen and Øverbø.
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 Norsjøarea 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.
Åslaug Marie Haga is Norwegian diplomat,politician and international civil servant. She has been board chair for various organizations,including the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) and the Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO). Haga has published three books:two on Norwegian politics and one novel.
Gunn Marit Helgesen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Terje Søviknes is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who has served as the mayor of Bjørnafjorden since 2023. He previously served as minister of petroleum and energy from December 2016 to August 2018. From December 2019 to January 2020 he was the minister of the elderly and public health. He also serves as the party's second deputy leader since 2019,a post he previously held from 1999 to 2001.
Oddvar Berrefjord was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party.
Hallvard Eika was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
Einfrid Daghild Halvorsen is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. She was mayor of Skien from 1983 to 1986,a State Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour from 1986 to 1987 and Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs from 1988 to 1989. After quitting politics,she worked as secretary-general of Mental Helse from 1991 to 2005.
Helga Pedersen is a Norwegian politician,former Minister,and member of the Storting,who served as the deputy leader for the Labour Party from 2007 to 2015. A native of Sør-Varanger,she served between 2003 and 2005 as the County Mayor of the northernmost Finnmark county. From 2005 to 2009 she served as Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs,becoming the youngest member of the Labour-led Red-Green Coalition headed by Jens Stoltenberg.
Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was the Government of Norway from 17 October 2005 to 16 October 2013. It was a coalition between the Labour Party,the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party,known as the Red–Green Coalition. On 9 September 2013,the coalition was defeated in the 2013 election.
Bent Høie is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party who has served as county governor of Rogaland since 2021. He previously served as Minister of Health and Care Services from 2013 to 2021,and a member of the Storting from Rogaland from 2000 to 2021.
Raymond Johansen 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.
Bård AndréHoksrud is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. Since 2005,he has been a member of the Storting. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2018 to 2019,and as State Secretary at the Ministry of Transport and Communications from 2013 to 2015.
Kari Lise Holmberg is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Terje Aasland is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has served as Minister of Energy since 2022. He has also been an MP for Telemark since 2005.
Olav Ulleren is a Norwegian organizational leader,civil servant and former politician for the Centre Party. A veterinary by education,he was a mayor and State Secretary during his political career,and has since made his mark as general director of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities. He is a veterinarian by education. He is currently CEO of The Norwegian Heart and Lung Patient Organization's clinics.
Telemark County Municipality was the regional governing administration of the old Telemark county in Norway. The county municipality was established in its current form on 1 January 1976 when the law was changed to allow elected county councils in Norway. The county municipality was dissolved on 1 January 2020,when Telemark was merged with the neighboring Vestfold county,creating the new Vestfold og Telemark county which is led by the Vestfold og Telemark County Municipality.
Vestfold og Telemark was a county in Norway,which existed from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023. The county was the southernmost one of Eastern Norway and consisted of two distinct and separate traditional regions:the former counties of Telemark and Vestfold. The capital was located in the town of Skien,which was also the county's largest city. While Skien was the seat of the county municipality,the seat of the County Governor was Tønsberg. It bordered the counties of Viken,Vestland,Rogaland and Agder until its dissolution.
