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==Government== Haugesund 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 [[Haugaland og Sunnhordland District Court]] and the [[Gulating Court of Appeal]]. ===Municipal council=== The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] ({{lang|no|Kommunestyre}}) of Haugesund is made up of 49 representatives that are elected every four years. The government is located at the [[Haugesund City Hall]]. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political [[Political party|party]] {{div col}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 2023 |end = 2027 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Rogaland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/rogaland/haugesund#seats |access-date=2024-01-25 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref> |collapsed = |Total = 49 |Arbeiderpartiet = 11 |Fremskrittspartiet = 7 |Grønne = 1 |Høyre = 15 |INP = 3 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2 |Pensjonistpartiet = 2 |Rødt = 1 |Senterpartiet = 1 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 4 |Venstre = 2 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 2019 |end = 2023 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2019 – Rogaland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/rogaland/haugesund#seats |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 49 |Arbeiderpartiet = 15 |Fremskrittspartiet = 6 |Grønne = 3 |Høyre = 14 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2 |Pensjonistpartiet = 2 |Rødt = 1 |Senterpartiet = 2 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3 |Venstre = 1 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 2015 |end = 2019 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=14 October 2015 |title=BYSTYRET |url=http://www.haugesund.kommune.no/lokaldemokrati/politisk-organisering/bystyret |access-date=2017-04-30 |publisher=Haugesund kommune |language=no}}</ref><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 = 49 |Arbeiderpartiet = 19 |Fremskrittspartiet = 7 |Høyre = 11 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3 |Senterpartiet = 1 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2 |Venstre = 2 |Pensjonistpartiet = 2 |Grønne = 2 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 2011 |end = 2015 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2011 – Rogaland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/rogaland/haugesund#seats |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 49 |Arbeiderpartiet = 14 |Fremskrittspartiet = 6 |Høyre = 19 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3 |Pensjonistpartiet = 3 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1 |Venstre = 3 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 2007 |end = 2011 |reference = <ref name="ssb valg" /> |collapsed = yes |Total = 49 |Arbeiderpartiet = 10 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3 |Venstre = 5 |Høyre = 20 |Fremskrittspartiet = 7 |Pensjonistpartiet = 2 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 2003 |end = 2007 |reference = <ref name="ssb valg" /> |collapsed = yes |Total = 49 |Arbeiderpartiet = 12 |Fremskrittspartiet = 12 |Høyre = 14 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3 |Senterpartiet = 1 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 4 |Venstre = 2 |Pensjonistpartiet = 1 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 1999 |end = 2003 |reference = <ref name="ssb valg" /> |collapsed = yes |Total = 49 |Arbeiderpartiet = 12 |Fremskrittspartiet = 10 |Høyre = 15 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3 |Venstre = 3 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 1995 |end = 1999 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1996 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 49 |Arbeiderpartiet = 12 |Fremskrittspartiet = 9 |Høyre = 11 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6 |Senterpartiet = 1 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2 |Venstre = 6 |Pensjonistpartiet = 2 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 1991 |end = 1995 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1993 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 69 |Arbeiderpartiet = 15 |Fremskrittspartiet = 7 |Høyre = 13 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 11 |Pensjonistpartiet = 12 |Senterpartiet = 2 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 5 |Venstre = 4 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 1987 |end = 1991 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1988 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 69 |Arbeiderpartiet = 22 |Fremskrittspartiet = 11 |Høyre = 18 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 10 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2 |Venstre = 6 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 1983 |end = 1987 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1984 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 69 |Arbeiderpartiet = 25 |Fremskrittspartiet = 7 |Høyre = 21 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 10 |Senterpartiet = 1 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2 |Venstre = 3 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 1979 |end = 1983 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 69 |Arbeiderpartiet = 22 |DLF = 1 |Fremskrittspartiet = 4 |Høyre = 26 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 11 |Senterpartiet = 1 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1 |Venstre = 3 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 1975 |end = 1979 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1977 |title=Kommunevalgene 1975 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a769.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 69 |Fremskrittspartiet = 4 |Arbeiderpartiet = 25 |DLF = 6 |Høyre = 16 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 12 |Senterpartiet = 2 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2 |Venstre = 2 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 1971 |end = 1975 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 69 |Arbeiderpartiet = 25 |Høyre = 16 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 10 |Senterpartiet = 3 |Sosialistisk_Folkeparti = 2 |Venstre = 13 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 1967 |end = 1971 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Kommunevalgene 1967 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a214.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo |volume=I}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 69 |Arbeiderpartiet = 26 |Høyre = 17 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 8 |Senterpartiet = 1 |Sosialistisk_Folkeparti = 2 |Venstre = 15 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 1963 |end = 1967 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 69 |Arbeiderpartiet = 29 |Høyre = 18 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 7 |Senterpartiet = 1 |Venstre = 14 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |start = 1959 |end = 1963 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 69 |Arbeiderpartiet = 26 |Høyre = 17 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 7 |Senterpartiet = 1 |Venstre = 18 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |city = yes |start = 1955 |end = 1959 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1957 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 61 |Arbeiderpartiet = 24 |Høyre = 16 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 7 |Venstre = 14 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |city = yes |start = 1951 |end = 1955 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1952 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 60 |Arbeiderpartiet = 22 |NKP = 1 |Høyre = 14 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 7 |Venstre = 16 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |city = yes |start = 1947 |end = 1951 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1948 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 60 |Arbeiderpartiet = 21 |NKP = 2 |Høyre = 14 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5 |Venstre = 18 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |city = yes |start = 1945 |end = 1947 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 60 |Arbeiderpartiet = 25 |NKP = 4 |Høyre = 13 |Venstre = 18 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Haugesund |city = yes |start = 1937 |end = 1941* |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |access-date=2020-07-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 60 |Høyre = 21 |Venstre = 18 |Arbeiderpartiet = 21 |}} {{div col end}} ===Mayors=== The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayors]] ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Haugesund:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pedersen |first=Idar H. |title=Ordfører |url=http://www.haugesund.kommune.no/lokaldemokrati/politisk-organisering/ordforer/453-ordforer?highlight=WyJvcmRmXHUwMGY4cmVyZSJd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817083637/http://www.haugesund.kommune.no/lokaldemokrati/politisk-organisering/ordforer/453-ordforer?highlight=WyJvcmRmXHUwMGY4cmVyZSJd#tidligere-ordf%C3%B8rere |archive-date=2016-08-17 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Haugesund kommune |language=no}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * 1855–1856: Tønnes Eide * 1857–1858: Gudmund Halleland * 1859–1860: Peder A. Høydahl * 1861–1866: Ludolf J. Eide * 1867–1867: Østen Kolstø * 1868–1868: Ditlev Møller * 1869–1871: E. M. Fredriksen * 1872–1872: Jens H. Hansen * 1873–1874: Ludolf J. Eide * 1875–1876: Arne Lothe * 1877–1877: Ludolf J. Eide * 1878–1878: Jens H. Hansen * 1879–1879: Hans J. Steensnæs * 1880–1880: Arne Lothe * 1881–1881: Ludolf J. Eide * 1882–1882: Jens H. Hansen * 1883–1883: Hans J. Steensnæs ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1884–1884: Jens H. Hansen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1885–1885: Hans J. Steensnæs ([[Moderate Liberal Party|MV]]) * 1886–1886: Hans J. Kyvik * 1887–1887: J. Ferdinand Jacobsen * 1888–1888: Jacob Kielland * 1889–1889: Frithjof Eide ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1890–1890: Hans J. Steensnæs ([[Moderate Liberal Party|MV]]) * 1891–1891: Svend Jacobsen ([[Moderate Liberal Party|MV]]) * 1892–1892: Johan Aubert * 1893–1893: Svend Jacobsen ([[Moderate Liberal Party|MV]]) * 1894–1895: [[Hakon Magne Valdemar Wrangell|Hakon Magne Wrangell]] ([[Moderate Liberal Party|MV]]) * 1896–1896: Hans Steen ([[Moderate Liberal Party|MV]]/[[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1897–1897: [[Hakon Magne Valdemar Wrangell|Hakon Magne Wrangell]] ([[Moderate Liberal Party|MV]]) * 1898–1898: Hans Steen ([[Moderate Liberal Party|MV]]/[[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1899–1899:[[Hakon Magne Valdemar Wrangell|Hakon Magne Wrangell]] ([[Moderate Liberal Party|MV]]) * 1900–1900: Thomas Haaland ([[Moderate Liberal Party|MV]]) * 1901–1901: Erich Lindøe ([[Moderate Liberal Party|MV]]) * 1902–1903: Thomas Haaland ([[Moderate Liberal Party|MV]]) * 1904–1904: Rasmus G. Hagland ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1905–1907: Ola Bertelsen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1908–1908: Svend Lindøe ([[Temperance Party (Norway)|AvH]]) * 1909–1909: Valentin Valentinsen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1910–1910: Thomas Haaland ([[Bygdeliste|LL]]) * 1911–1911: Magne Rønnevig ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1912–1912: Carl J. Dueland ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) * 1913–1913: Bernt Seland ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1914–1914: Svend Lindøe ([[Temperance Party (Norway)|AvH]]) * 1915–1916: Valentin Valentinsen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1917–1917: [[Lars O. Meling]] ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1918–1918: Kristian Holgersen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1919–1919: Carl J. Westerlund ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) * 1920–1921: Peder Haugen ([[Free-minded Liberal Party|FV]]) * 1922–1922: Carl J. Westerlund ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) * 1923–1924: Gabriel Faye ([[Free-minded Liberal Party|FV]]) * 1925–1925: Christian Haaland ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1926–1926: Clement Gerhardsen ([[Free-minded Liberal Party|FV]]) * 1927–1927: Edvard Velde ([[Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway|NSA]]) * 1928–1931: Christian Haaland ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1932–1935: H. Karluf Hanssen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1936–1936: Søren Caspersen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) * 1937–1937: Martin Olaussen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) * 1938–1938: [[Ingvald Førre]] ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) * 1939–1940: Sigurd Lie ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1941–1941: Eystein Jenssen ([[Bygdeliste|LL]]) * 1942–1945: Jacob Kyvik ([[Nasjonal Samling|NS]]) * 1945–1945: Hans Jacobsen ([[Nasjonal Samling|NS]]) * 1945–1945: Sigurd Lie ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1946–1947: Nils E. Nilsen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) * 1948–1949: Einar Osland ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1950–1950: Karl Sørensen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1951–1951: Andreas Gullhaugen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) * 1952–1952: Karl Sørensen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1953–1953: Rasmus Bakkevig ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1954–1954: Karl Sørensen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1955–1955: [[Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen]] ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1956–1957: Karl Sørensen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1958–1959: [[Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen]] ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1960–1961: Karl Sørensen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1962–1963: Stener Askeland ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1964–1965: Jens Edvard Haugland ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1966–1967: Stener Askeland ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1968–1969: Jens Edvard Haugland ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1970–1971: Olle Johan Eriksen ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1972–1973: Jens Edvard Haugland ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) * 1974–1975: Olle Johan Eriksen ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1976–1977: Ola Foldøy ([[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|KrF]]) * 1978–1983: Olle Johan Eriksen ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1984–1987: Edvard Ringen, Jr. ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1988–1989: [[Einar Steensnæs]] ([[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|KrF]]) * 1990–1991: Nils J. Storesund ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) * 1992–1993: [[Einar Steensnæs]] ([[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|KrF]]) * 1993–1995: Turid Dalland ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 1995–2001: [[Finn Martin Vallersnes]] ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 2001–2015: [[Petter Steen Jr.]] ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) * 2015–2023: Arne-Christian Mohn ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) * 2023-present: Nils Konrad Bua ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-13 |title=Nils Konrad Bua blir ny ordfører i Haugesund |url=https://www.nrk.no/rogaland/nils-konrad-bua-blir-ny-ordforer-i-haugesund-1.16555816 |access-date=2024-01-25 |work=[[NRK]] |language=no}}</ref> {{div col end}}
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