Fitjar is a municipality in Vestland county,Norway. The municipality is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. Fitjar municipality includes the northern part of the island of Stord and the hundreds of surrounding islands,mostly to the northwest of the main island. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fitjar.
Tysnes is a municipality in Vestland county,Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Uggdal. Other population centres in Tysnes include the villages of Våge and Onarheim. The island municipality is located in a group of islands near the mouth of the Hardangerfjorden. The majority of the municipal population lives on the island of Tysnesøya,the largest island in the municipality.
Kvinnherad is a municipality in Vestland county,Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland,along the Hardangerfjorden. The municipality was the 5th in size in former Hordaland county.
Ulvik is a municipality in Vestland county,Norway. The municipality stretches from the Hardangerfjord to the mountains that reach 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) above sea level. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulvik. The villages of Osa and Finse are also located in Ulvik municipality.
Meland is a former municipality in the Nordhordland district in the old Hordaland county,Norway. The municipality existed from 1923 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020 when it was merged into the new Alver Municipality in Vestland county. The municipality was located about 30 minutes north of the city of Bergen in Western Norway. The island municipality was mostly located on the island of Holsnøy,where the administrative centre of Frekhaug is located. Other villages in Meland include Hjartås,Holme,Io,Krossneset,Meland,and Rossland.
Sund is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county. It was located in the traditional district of Midhordland. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Skogsvåg. Other larger villages in Sund included Klokkarvik,Tælavåg,Kausland,and Hammarsland.
Bergen Cathedral School is an upper secondary school in Bergen,Norway. Located in the city centre,next to Bergen Cathedral,the school has about 850 students,95 full-time teachers,and 5 administration personnel,including the headmaster,Karen Kristine Rasmussen.
Karin Ståhl Woldseth is a Norwegian politician representing the Progress Party. She was a representative of Hordaland in the Storting until 2013 and was first elected in 2001.
Gunnar Bakke is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who served as the mayor of Bergen between 2007 and 2011.
Hordaland County Municipality was the regional governing administration of the old Hordaland county in Norway. The county municipality was established in its most recent 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 Hordaland was merged with the neighboring Sogn og Fjordane county,creating the new Vestland county which is led by the Vestland County Municipality.
Torill Selsvold Nyborg is a Norwegian nurse,missionary and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Christian Andreas Irgens was a Norwegian businessman and Member of parliament.
Rachel Catharina Helland Grepp,née Helland was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party.
Hans Hansen Lilienskiold was a Norwegian jurist,government official,civil servant,and land owner. He was a member of the Lilienskiold noble family and served as County Governor of Finnmark. He is particularly remembered as an author for his works on the topography and culture of Finnmark.
Eigil Knutsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has served as an MP for Hordaland since 2017,and was previously a deputy member from 2013 to 2017.
Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen,Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen,where the executive and political leadership is based,but the County Governor is based in Hermansverk. The county is one of two counties in Norway that have Nynorsk as their official written language form.
Sofie Marhaug is a Norwegian politician for the Red Party. She has been a member of the Storting for Hordaland since 2021 and first deputy leader of the party since 2024.
Kathy Lie is a Norwegian nurse and politician for the Socialist Left Party. She has been a member of the Storting since 2021.
Linn Kristin Langley-Rasmussen Engø is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She has served in several posts in Bergen,notably as the city commissioner for schools,kindergartens and sports between 2019 and 2020,and subsequently deputy mayor and then mayor.
