Six MPs introduced a proposal to review the responsibilities of county governments with a view to eliminating them. The Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration's majority (Labour Party, Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, Red Party, and Green Party) opposes abolishing county governments and recommends the proposal be rejected. The Progress Party and Conservative Party submitted alternative proposals with different timelines for the review, while the Red Party and Green Party put forward their own proposal to strengthen the county government's role.
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The Storting urges the government to review county government responsibilities and propose, as soon as possible and preferably when presenting the municipal bill in 2026, how these can be distributed to municipalities or the state, with the goal of providing citizens with better services and reducing administration and bureaucracy. (Original proposal by MPs Mudassar Kapur, Erna Solberg, Tage Pettersen, Ove Trellevik, Margret Hagerup, and Monica Molvær)
The Storting urges the government to review county government responsibilities with the aim of phasing out the county government as an administrative level and to propose how these responsibilities can be transferred to the state and municipalities. (Progress Party)
The Storting urges the government to review county government responsibilities and propose, as soon as possible and preferably when presenting the state budget for 2027, how these can be distributed to municipalities or the state, with the goal of providing citizens with better services and reducing administration and bureaucracy. (Conservative Party)
The Storting urges the government to return to the Storting with proposals that strengthen the county government's role in regional planning of industrial areas. (Red Party and Green Party)
Document 8:51 S (2025–2026) — Private member's bill from MPs Mudassar Kapur, Erna Solberg, Tage Pettersen, Ove Trellevik, Margret Hagerup, and Monica Molvær on a review of responsibilities to initiate the phasing out of county governments — is not adopted. (Committee recommendation from the Labour Party, Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, Red Party, and Green Party)