Vennesla Municipality

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1. News article26 Oct 2026

   Preparedness Week: Retired major urges people to secure food, water and source criticism

   • Bjørn Robstad is a retired major and local politician. He says being prepared yourself is one of the most important things we can do now. He is most worried about disinformation (false or misleading information). He visited the municipality's stand at Kulturhuset on Monday morning.
   • Robstad warns against 'divide and rule', which means creating conflict to gain power. He points to the 1930s, when power was won this way. He says democracy could fall if we cannot tell truth from lies.
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2. News article26 Oct 2026

   Vennesla municipality presents its roughly NOK 1.5 billion 2027 budget on 5 November

   • Municipal director Svein Skisland and finance director Gerd Signe Eieland present the 2027 budget and the plan through 2031. It takes place on Thursday 5 November at 09:00 at Kulturhuset.
   • The budget is about NOK 1.5 billion. The municipality calls the presentation one of the year's most important events.
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3. News article23 Oct 2026

   Municipality will open three information points in a prolonged power and internet outage and urges one week of self-preparedness

   • If internet and power are both gone for a long time, the municipality will open places where you can get information. You will get an SMS when they open.
   • The places are Kulturhuset, the shooting room in Øvrebøhallen and the day centre in Hægelandshallen. Municipal staff will be there, and you can tell them what you need.
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4. Public consultation22 Oct 2026

   Municipality proposes local regulation on reporting duties and grant recalculation for private kindergartens

   • The municipality has put a proposed local regulation on reporting by private kindergartens out for consultation. You can give input until Thursday 10 November.
   • The regulation sets when kindergartens must report, that they must report, and when the grant can be recalculated. It follows current rules.
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5. News article19 Oct 2026

   Bulk invites public to town hall meeting on 27 October about Støleheia development

   • Bulk is holding a public meeting at Kulturhuset on Tuesday 27 October at 5 pm. Light food will be served. Bulk will answer questions and meet possible new employees.
   • Mayor Nils Olav Larsen will talk about what Bulk means for the community and municipality. Founder Peder Nærbø and CEO Jon Gravråk will also be there.
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6. News article18 Oct 2026

   Vennesla gave less to the TV Aksjon than last year: NOK 376,000 by Sunday evening

   • By 9 pm Sunday, Vennesla had raised NOK 376,000 for the TV Aksjon. Last year the total was about NOK 700,000. The amount is still growing.
   • Over 150 seventh-graders carried collection tins for two hours around the municipality. Some areas were missed. They raised NOK 176,000. Last year it was over NOK 212,000.
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7. News article16 Oct 2026

   Class 3B from Moseidmoen won Vennesla's Beintøft campaign, while 830 residents walked and cycled 47,000 km with Kobla

   • 16 classes from all schools in Vennesla took part in Beintøft, a national campaign where pupils walked and cycled in September. 3B from Moseidmoen school won. 4A from Vennesla school came second, and sixth grade from Skarpengland third.
   • Mayor Nils Olav Larsen gave out three cheques of NOK 2,000. The classes also got buns and squash in the council chamber. He told the pupils to say no to car rides and keep walking.
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8. Decision15 Oct 2026

   Vennesla approves minor zoning amendment for Smååsane phase 3

   • Vennesla municipality has approved a small change to the zoning plan for Smååsane phase 3 (plan ID 2021006). The municipality decided this itself under delegated authority (power given by the politicians). The change adjusts the elevation levels (height above sea level) for areas BK11, BF9 (plot 58) and BK10. It also changes the utilisation rate (how much can be built) for BK10.
   • The plan also gets a new rule on driveways in section 3.1.
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9. News article14 Oct 2026

   Vennesla immigrants back TV Aksjonen: over NOK 38 million raised nationally

   • TV-aksjonen 2026 will help over 400,000 people get safer and better homes in Syria, Gaza, Afghanistan, Chad, Sudan and DR Congo. Over NOK 38 million has already been raised in Norway.
   • Almost 120 million people are fleeing war, conflict and persecution. That is three times as many as 15 years ago. 40 percent of them are children.
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10. News article13 Oct 2026

    Vennesla's Business Day brought together 1,000 young people and nearly 40 companies

    • Business Day at Hunsfos (PM5) gathered about 1,000 pupils from Vennesla's schools and nearly 40 companies with stands. People from the area came too.
    • Hydro Vigeland Brug AS won the prize for best stand. It had shiny aluminium, lapper (small pancakes) and strawberry jam.
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