What Nome Kommune does

Nome Kommune is a Norwegian municipality (kommune) established on January 1, 2020 through the merger of the former Nome municipality and Bø municipality in Midt-Telemark, Vestfold og Telemark county. It is a statutory local government entity headquartered at Ringsevja 30, Ulefoss, providing a comprehensive portfolio of public services to its residents: kindergarten and primary/secondary education, adult education and refugee services, healthcare (including municipal vaccination programmes and the helsestasjon health station), elderly care and home-based services, social welfare (delivered through Nav Midt-Telemark), waste management, water and sewage, road maintenance and snow clearance, fire prevention and rescue (via the inter-municipal MTBR service), emergency preparedness, cultural and recreational services, libraries, planning, and building permits. The municipality is governed by an elected council and administered by a kommunedirektør, with funding sourced from municipal taxation, national government grants, and limited user fees.

The municipality's service delivery is underpinned by a largely outsourced IT stack typical of Norwegian kommune: Visma Flyt Skole for school management, Visma Enterprise for HR and payroll, Visma Resource Management for planning, Elementscloud for document management and the public postliste, Microsoft Office 365/Teams for staff collaboration, KS SvarUt integrated with Altinn, Digipost, and e-Boks for digital citizen correspondence, Compilo for quality and compliance tracking, PureService for IT support, Helseboka for vaccination bookings, and KommuneTV for live and archived streaming of political meetings. The website is built on ASP.NET infrastructure. No proprietary technology IP is developed in-house.

Financially, the entity is funded through taxes, intergovernmental grants, and regulated user fees; the most recent disclosed annual figures (2018, pre-merger Nome) show operating revenues of approximately NOK 690.7 million against operating expenses of approximately NOK 658.3 million, yielding a NOK 5.1 million net surplus and the third consecutive year of positive results after a prior accumulated deficit. Gross municipal debt stood at approximately NOK 625 million in 2018. The resident base is served across four electoral districts (Helgen, Ulefoss, Lunde, Svenseid). Growth is structurally constrained by population and statutory mandates, with the 2020 merger and inter-municipal service-sharing arrangements (Nav Midt-Telemark, shared privacy ombudsman with Kongsbergregionen) representing the principal scale initiatives. Major long-dated projects include the Søve gruver remediation and Fensfeltet mineralpark development.

Name

Nome Kommune

Legal name

Nome kommune

Website

https://nome.kommune.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Nome Kommune is a Norwegian municipality in Vestfold og Telemark, formed in 2020 by merging former Nome and Bø municipalities, delivering statutory local government services (education, healthcare, social welfare, infrastructure, emergency response, planning) to residents of the Midt-Telemark region from its Ulefoss headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (92411), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629), Solid Waste Collection (562111)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Radiological (NORM/Low-Level) Remediation & Decommissioning (IMAIAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Secure/Special Waste Disposal (Industrial, Contaminated Soils, Low-Level Radioactive/NORM) (BPALACAG)

Keywords

• Municipal public services
• Local government administration
• Primary healthcare services
• Public education services
• Waste water infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Ulefoss

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Nome Kommune is a Norwegian municipality (local government entity) headquartered in Ulefoss that delivers statutory public services to its residents. It provides education and childcare, primary healthcare and vaccination, elderly care, social/Nav welfare services, waste management, water and sewage, road maintenance, fire and rescue, emergency preparedness, building and planning permits, cultural and recreational programs, and local democratic governance including streamed political council meetings.

Product overview

Nome Kommune operates as a local government municipality offering a comprehensive digital service portal alongside traditional municipal services. The municipality provides an integrated digital ecosystem including a main service website, video streaming for political transparency, digital document delivery, and specialized administrative systems. Core municipal functions encompass healthcare services (vaccination programs, health stations), education (kindergartens, schools, adult education), cultural offerings (music school, libraries, events), public safety (fire services, emergency preparedness), infrastructure management (roads, water, sewage, waste), and planning services. The digital infrastructure includes integration with Visma systems for HR/payroll, Microsoft Office365/Teams for communication, KommuneTV for meeting broadcasts, and KS SvarUt for official digital correspondence via Altinn, Digipost, and e-Boks platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Municipal Service Portal

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Norsk Nukleær Dekommisjonering (NND)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 November 2025NND is the commissioning client for the Søve gruver (Søve mines) remediation project. The project involves establishing a concrete sarcophagus to store low-radioactive waste slag from former mining operations. NND will take over operational responsibility for the sarcophagus deposit once completed. The waste volume to be removed is estimated at up to 5,000 tonnes, planned for 100-year storage perspective.
• AF DecomcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 20 November 2025AF Decom is the main contractor engaged by Norsk Nukleær Dekommisjonering (NND) for the Søve gruver remediation project. AF Decom has engaged Norconsult (regulatory planning and geotechnical) and Bergfalk Miljørådgivere og Kemakta (environmental impact assessment and radiology) as specialist sub-suppliers.
• Kongsbergregionen oppgavefellesskapminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025From autumn 2025, Nome Kommune has a shared privacy ombudsman (personvernombud) service with Kongsbergregionen oppgavefellesskap. The shared privacy ombudsman is Jo Jøldal. This shared service arrangement enables resource pooling and consistent privacy governance across multiple municipalities.
• Midt-Telemark brann- og redningstjeneste (MTBR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMTBR provides fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue services for Nome Kommune and surrounding municipalities. MTBR also maintains the oil tank registry (approximately 250 tanks registered in Nome) and conducts chimney and heating system inspections. This is a shared inter-municipal fire and rescue service covering the Midt-Telemark region.
• Nav Midt-TelemarkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNav Midt-Telemark is described as the fourth largest Nav office in Telemark, following cooperation between Midt-Telemark municipalities. Provides employment, social services, and welfare services to citizens of Nome.
• Telemark FylkeskommunecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTelemark County Municipality cooperates with Nome Kommune on major infrastructure projects such as the Fv359 Kaste-Stoadalen road project, financed partially through tolls (bompenger). The county council allocated 22 million NOK in addition to previously approved funding. Nome Kommune provides its recommendation on the project and decisions regarding toll rates and toll booth placement.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Skien kommune: Larger Telemark municipality delivering the same statutory municipal service portfolio (education, health, planning, infrastructure). Comparable as a Telemark-region local government with overlapping service mandate.
• Notodden kommune: Mid-sized Telemark municipality with comparable rural-industrial demographic profile. Delivers the same Norwegian statutory municipal services and faces similar regional demographic and economic dynamics.
• Kongsberg kommune: Partner for the shared privacy ombudsman (personvernombud) service from autumn 2025. Similar sized Norwegian municipality operating the same statutory services and engaging in comparable shared-services arrangements.
• Drangedal kommune: Small rural Telemark municipality comparable in scale and service scope to Nome. Operates the same statutory portfolio and participates in similar inter-municipal cooperation arrangements.
• Seljord kommune: Small rural Telemark municipality with comparable population scale and service mandate. Operates the same statutory services and depends on shared-service partnerships to deliver specialised functions.
• Midt-Telemark kommune: Adjacent Telemark municipality and direct cooperation partner on NAV (Nav Midt-Telemark) and fire services (MTBR). Operates the same regional service portfolio and shares resource pools, making it the closest comparable peer.

Others

• KS – Kommunesektorens organisasjon: National membership and interest organisation for all Norwegian municipalities. Provides the KS SvarUt digital post platform and shared governance frameworks that Nome Kommune uses, making it the closest ecosystem/adjacent peer rather than a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Vestfold og Telemark fylkeskommune: County-level (fylkeskommune) public authority that cooperates with Nome on major regional infrastructure (e.g. Fv359 Kaste-Stoadalen road project). Provides broader regional services such as upper-secondary education and public transport, overlapping with but operating above the municipal level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Nomekommune
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nome-kommune

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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