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  1. Report

    Stavanger municipality expects NOK 186m overspend in service areas, down from NOK 272m in 1st tertial, but the improvement may not be lasting

    • Stavanger's services are expected to spend NOK 186.1m more than budgeted this year. That is less than last year and much less than the 1st tertial forecast of NOK 272m.
    • Health and welfare overspends by NOK 190.2m. Education and childhood overspends by NOK 14.5m. Other areas spend NOK 18.6m less than budgeted.
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  2. News article

    Stavanger reorganises home care into teams to meet rising elderly demand with limited staff

    • From 1 October 2026, three home care districts in Stavanger start working in teams: Madla and Tjensvoll, Hillevåg and Hinna, and Hundvåg and Storhaug. Eiganes and Tasta start on 1 January 2027.
    • Every new user first meets an assessment team. It includes physiotherapists, occupational therapists and caseworkers. The team finds out what the person needs and may send them on to a health team or resource team.
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  3. Press release

    SR-Bank Foundation gives up to NOK 200 million for new theatre and museum in Stavanger

    • Sparebankstiftelsen SR-Bank is giving up to NOK 200 million to a new building for Rogaland Teater and Stavanger museum. Mayor Tormod W. Losnedal received the gift at Rogaland Teater.
    • The gift comes in two parts. NOK 150 million is paid now. Another NOK 50 million follows when other private donors have raised NOK 200 million.
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  4. Press release

    Stavanger municipality mistakenly published confidential appeal cases on eInnsyn and reported the breach to the Data Protection Authority

    • Stavanger municipality mistakenly put documents with personal information on eInnsyn, the public access portal. Some showed national ID numbers.
    • The documents were about appeals concerning municipal housing, parking permits for people with reduced mobility, kindergarten places and support schemes.
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  5. Press release

    Stavanger named Norway's second-best cycling city, behind only Alta

    • Stavanger came second in the contest for Norway's best cycling city. Alta won. Stavanger won in 2022 and 2024, so it has now been honoured three times in a row.
    • Residents decided the result. The Cyclists' Association asked people across the country what they think of cycling in their own area. Holger Pansch, who works on cycling for the municipality, is glad residents voted Stavanger up.
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  6. News article

    Stavanger first in Norway with automatic building permit: decision in 50 seconds

    • Stavanger is the first municipality in Norway to let a computer grant a building permit. The first decision came just 50 seconds after the application was sent.
    • For now it covers applications to rehabilitate (repair) chimneys. The municipality gets about 100 a year. Completion certificates, start-up permits and temporary occupancy permits may become automatic later.
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  7. News article

    Stavanger municipality reviews staff rules after the rise of AI glasses

    • Stavanger municipality is looking again at its rules for employees. Several staff have reported being filmed against their will, and people have asked for common municipal routines on AI glasses.
    • The municipality wants to make clear what employees must respect towards the people they meet, and what rights they have against unwanted filming. HR director Arild Sandstøl says rules do not always keep up with technology.
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  8. News article

    Flu vaccine delayed until week 46 due to production problems, but FHI says it is safe to wait

    • This year's flu vaccine is late all over Norway. In Stavanger it will probably arrive in week 46, the first week of November. Normally it comes in week 41/42. Vaccinations start the week after it arrives.
    • Some vaccine makers have production problems. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) told this to the municipal infection control chief, Eli Fjeld Falnes.
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  9. Report

    Rogaland can capture more aquaculture value through technology and supplier industries, report finds

    • Stavanger municipality and Rogaland County have produced a new report. It says Rogaland can take a bigger share of the money and jobs in aquaculture (fish farming in the sea).
    • The report was launched at the AquaNext 2026 conference in Stavanger on 22–23 September. Business, researchers, public bodies and tech firms attend.
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  10. News article

    Stavanger's Elders' Day on 1 October covers retirement life and housing for older people

    • The Stavanger Council for the Elderly holds Elders' Day on Thursday 1 October 2026 at 5 pm at Skipper Worse. The theme is the good life after you stop working.
    • Svein Egil Omdal has worked as an editor, journalist and author. He talks about moving from working life into retirement.
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