Editing Modalen (section)

==Government==
Modalen Municipality is responsible for [[primary education]] (through 10th grade), outpatient [[Health care|health services]], [[old age|senior citizen]] services, [[welfare spending|welfare]] and other [[Social work|social services]], [[zoning]], [[economic development]], and municipal [[road]]s and utilities. The municipality is governed by a [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] of [[Direct election|directly elected]] representatives. The [[mayor]] is [[Indirect election|indirectly elected]] by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=kommunestyre |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/kommunestyre |date=2022-09-20 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Tore |language=Norwegian |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene |accessdate=2022-10-14}}</ref> The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the [[Nordhordland District Court]] and the [[Gulating Court of Appeal]].

===Municipal council===
The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] ({{lang|no|Kommunestyre}}) of Modalen is made up of 13 representatives that are elected every four years. Modalen is the only municipality in Norway that has a non-partisan council, so all representatives run on [[Bygdeliste|local lists]] rather than by party. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council.
{{div col}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Modalen
|start                     = 2023
|end                       = 2027
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Vestland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/vestland/modalen#seats |access-date=2024-01-21 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = 
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 13
|otherparty                = Samlingslista
|otherparty_no             = Common List
|otherparty_number         = 6
|otherparty1               = Solrenningslista
|otherparty_no1            = Sunrise List
|otherparty_number1        = 7
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Modalen
|start                     = 2019
|end                       = 2023
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2019 – Vestland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/vestland/modalen#seats |access-date=2020-02-02 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 13
|otherparty                = Samlingslista
|otherparty_no             = Common List
|otherparty_number         = 7
|otherparty1               = Solrenningslista
|otherparty_no1            = Sunrise List
|otherparty_number1        = 6
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Modalen
|start                     = 2015
|end                       = 2019
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg">{{Cite web |title=Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/04813/ |publisher=Statistics Norway |language=no}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 13
|nynorsk                   = yes
|otherparty                = Samlingslista
|otherparty_no             = Common List
|otherparty_number         = 6
|otherparty1               = Solrenningslista
|otherparty_no1            = Sunrise List
|otherparty_number1        = 7
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Modalen
|start                     = 2011
|end                       = 2015
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2011 – Hordaland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/hordaland/modalen#seats |access-date=2020-02-02 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 13
|otherparty                = Samlingslista
|otherparty_no             = Common List
|otherparty_number         = 7
|otherparty1               = Solrenningslista
|otherparty_no1            = Sunrise List
|otherparty_number1        = 6
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Modalen
|start                     = 2007
|end                       = 2011
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 13
|otherparty                = Samlingslista
|otherparty_no             = Common List
|otherparty_number         = 5
|otherparty1               = Solrenningslista
|otherparty_no1            = Sunrise List
|otherparty_number1        = 8
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Modalen
|start                     = 2003
|end                       = 2007
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 13
|otherparty                = Samlingslista
|otherparty_no             = Common List
|otherparty_number         = 8
|otherparty1               = Solrenningslista
|otherparty_no1            = Sunrise List
|otherparty_number1        = 5
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Modalen
|start                     = 1999
|end                       = 2003
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 13
|otherparty                = Common Election List
|otherparty_no             = Flertallsvalg
|otherparty_number         = 13
|}}
{{div col end}}

===Mayors===
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayors]] ({{langx|nn|ordførar}}) of Modalen (incomplete list):
*2003–2015: Knut Moe ([[Bygdeliste|LL]])
*2015–2019: Tom Kristian Thorsen ([[Bygdeliste|LL]])
*2019–2023: Kjetil Eikefet ([[Bygdeliste|LL]])
*2023-present: Linda Neset ([[Bygdeliste|LL]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-16 |title=Ordførar |url=https://www.modalen.kommune.no/innhald/politikk/ordforar/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Modalen kommune |language=no}}</ref>