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  1. News article

    Bømlo municipality to open information points within 24 hours if mobile and internet networks fail

    • This year's Self-Preparedness Week is about what to do when mobile and internet networks stop working. Bømlo municipality has made an animated film about it.
    • If the networks go down, the municipality can open information points. The one at the Svortland town hall opens within 24 hours, and those in the local centres within 72 hours.
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  2. Article

    Bømlo municipality urges seniors to prepare to cope for seven days if power and water fail

    • Key message: You should be able to cope on your own for at least seven days if power and water stop. Week 43 (26 Oct–1 Nov 2026) of the «På døra» newsletter is about this.
    • Keep at home: water in jerrycans (at least 3 litres per person each day) and food that keeps at room temperature, like tinned food, pasta, rice and oats. You also need a way to cook, and coarse salt. Have firewood, or agree with someone who has a wood or gas stove.
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  3. Budget

    Bømlo's chief executive proposes NOK 32 million in cuts and 31 fewer FTEs to exit ROBEK by 2030

    • Chief executive Kjetil Aga Gjøsæter wants to cut NOK 32 million from running costs over the coming years (2027–2030). The municipality spends NOK 1.356 billion a year on operations.
    • The municipality will have 31 fewer full-time positions, leaving 800. If anyone must be laid off, the municipality will work with the chief safety representative and union representatives.
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  4. News article

    Flu vaccines arrive five weeks late – municipal chief physician urges infection control while waiting

    • Flu vaccines are delayed across Norway. The municipality gets them five weeks later than usual.
    • The chief physician says the municipality must vaccinate many people in a short time once they arrive.
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  5. News article

    Bømlo adult education marks UN Day with shared activities and a word tree

    • Bømlo adult education (a school for adults) celebrated UN Day a little early, on 22 October. The theme was «Together as People». People from the asylum centre and volunteers joined in.
    • The day began with a welcome and a talk about the UN by four participants. Then everyone sang «Barn av regnbuen» together.
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  6. Call for applications

    Bømlo municipality seeks nominations for the 2026 Kenneth Sivertsen Prize – deadline 22 November

    • Bømlo municipality is looking for candidates for the 2026 Kenneth Sivertsen Prize. It goes to young musical talents.
    • You must nominate someone by 22 November.
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  7. Call for applications

    Bømlo municipality announces NOK 25,000 culture scholarship – deadline 2 November

    • Bømlo municipality is giving out a culture scholarship for 2026. NOK 25,000 is available, and it can be shared between two or more people.
    • The scholarship supports cultural life. It can go to people living in Bømlo who are very talented, or who make an important contribution, in music, sport, art or culture.
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  8. News article

    Bømlo and twelve other municipalities rehearsed a security crisis and war in the "Norge øver" exercise

    • Bømlo municipality and local emergency partners took part on Monday in the "Norge øver" exercise. The County Governor of Vestland led it. Twelve other municipalities joined.
    • From Bømlo, the municipality, police, fire and rescue, power and water utilities, the Home Guard, Helse Fonna and the Red Cross took part. Chief executive Kjetil Aga Gjøsæter led the talks.
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  9. Decision

    Bømlo municipality adopts new and temporary access road for Hovlandshagen business area; appeal deadline 14 Nov 2026

    • Bømlo municipality's committee for land use and transport has approved a change to the zoning plans for Hovlandshagen. The decision was made on 12 Oct 2026 (case PS 36/26). It covers the industrial area (PlanID 201207) and the fishing harbour (PlanID 201307).
    • The municipality needs a better road into the business area.
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  10. News article

    Five Bømlo schools raised over NOK 400,000 for the TV Aid Campaign, with records at several

    • Five schools on Bømlo (Svortland, Meling, Moster, Gilje and Våge) raised just over NOK 400,000 for the 2026 TV Aid Campaign. The campaign is called "Sammen for mennesker på flukt" (Together for people on the run). Collectors go door to door on Sunday 18 October.
    • Svortland school has about 310 pupils and raised NOK 150,000. That is a school record, up from NOK 141,000 in 2025. Pupils held two concerts, an open day and asked local firms for support.
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