State or region
County Mayor
- Norwegian Bokmål: Fylkesordfører
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Fylkesordførar
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Chosen by the council from among its members
- Exact method
- Elected by the county council from among its members after each county election (Local Government Act, kommuneloven). Leads the county council and the county's political leadership; the county administration is headed by a county director appointed by the council.
- Chosen by
- County Council of Telemark
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Terje Riis-Johansen Sp since September 2026 Report Source: telemarkfylke.no, checked
Previous holders
- Sven Tore Løkslid Ap left office by September 2026
Sources
- no.wikipedia.org · checked Norwegian Wikipedia, Liste over Norges fylkesordførere (2023-2027 table), read 2026-10-12: county mayor (fylkesordfører) Sven Tore Løkslid of Telemark, party A. Fallback: Wikipedia (secondary), because no consolidated official list of county mayors was reachable and county-site URLs tried returned HTTP 404; cross-checked against Wikidata P6 where present. For: County Mayor, County Mayor in Norwegian Bokmål, County Mayor in Norwegian Nynorsk, Sven Tore Løkslid, past term
- telemarkfylke.no · checked Telemark fylkeskommune, Fylkesordførers side, updated 2026-09-18, read 2026-10-12: elected county mayor 16 September 2026 for the rest of the 2023-2027 term; party Senterpartiet. For: Terje Riis-Johansen, current term
- telemarkfylke.no · checked Telemark fylkeskommune, Fylkesordførers side, updated 2026-09-18, read 2026-10-12: Terje Riis-Johansen (Sp) elected county mayor on 16 September 2026 for the rest of 2023-2027, so Løkslid's term ended by then (observed_by). Løkslid applied for release on 2026-08-07 per Norwegian Wikipedia (Sven Tore Løkslid) and Wikidata Q12004316 (P39 end 2026-08-07). For: Sven Tore Løkslid, past term
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