What Surnadal kommune does

Surnadal kommune is a Norwegian local-government municipality (kommune) headquartered at Bårdshaugvegen 1 in Surnadal, Møre og Romsdal county, with administration centered on Surnadalsøra in the Nordmøre region. Established following the 1837 Municipal Act (referenced as 1838 in source data) and operating under kommunenummer 1566 with organization number 964 981 892, it delivers the full statutory municipal service portfolio to its resident population: primary and lower-secondary education (Surnadal barne- og ungdomsskule plus four oppvekstsenter at Mo, Todalen, Stangvik, Bøfjord/Bæverfjord), kindergartens (Øye/Solbakken, Midtigrenda), healthcare and elder care (sjukeheim, heimetenesta, helsestasjon, fysioterapi), social services (NAV Indre Nordmøre, startlån, bustøtte via Husbanken), planning and building permits, property taxation, water/sewage/waste (managed with Remidt), fire safety and chimney sweeping (brann og feiarvesen at Røtet), cultural services (kulturhus/kino, bibliotek, kulturskule), and emergency preparedness.

The technical backbone runs primarily on shared-sector infrastructure: IKT Orkide provides core IT (Citrix gateway, SharePoint intranet, Office 365, KS-læring e-learning), Visma supplies HR/payroll (Enterprise), parent communication (Foresattportal), and shift scheduling (Ressursstyring), Altinn handles official digital mail, Husbanken integrates housing finance, Framsikt manages budgets and fees, 360Online powers political-meeting management, DIPS Samspill handles individual healthcare plans, EasyCruit manages recruitment, and a Kommune-Kari chatbot (launched 2018) provides 24/7 text-based citizen assistance. The municipality is operated by a leadership team headed by Kommunedirektør Lars Inge Kvande, with a new two-Kommunalsjef structure (Livsløp and Samfunn) effective January 2026 and approximately 501–1,000 employees in total.

Surnadal's revenue model is that of a public-sector entity: it is funded through Norwegian municipal tax revenues (including annually set eiendomsskatt using Skatteetatens markedsverdi estimates from 2020 onward), state block grants, and user fees covering water/sewage/waste (via Remidt subscription billing), kindergarten and SFO (monthly parental payment), healthcare services, and cultural facilities (e.g., swimming pool tickets at NOK 40–210). It pursues no commercial monetization of its services; rather, it captures statutory fees as cost recovery within a regulated framework. No external API or developer integration is exposed.

Name

Surnadal kommune

Legal name

Surnadal kommune

Website

https://surnadal.kommune.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1838

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Surnadal kommune is a Norwegian municipality (kommune) in Møre og Romsdal county that delivers statutory public services — education, healthcare, social welfare, planning, infrastructure, waste, fire safety, and culture — to its residents in the Nordmøre region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government / Municipal Administration

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512), Administration of Housing Programs (925110), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Refuse Systems (4953), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Works / In-House Municipal Collection Operations (EUAIAAAF), Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH), Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public healthcare services
• Primary education services
• Waste and recycling services
• Social welfare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sunndalsøra

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Kommunale avgifter og gebyrer: Surnadal kommune finansierer sin virksomhet primært gjennom kommunale avgifter, gebyrer og skatteinntekter. Gebyrer inkluderer eigedomsskatt (Eiendomsskatt), renovasjonsgebyr, vann- og avløpsgebyr, feiegebyr, samt betaling for barnehageplasser, SFO og helse- og omsorgstjenester.
2. Eiendomsskatt: Kommunen krever inn eiendomsskatt på eiendommer i kommunen. Satsene for eiendomsskatt fastsettes årlig og kommunen sender ut eigedomsskatteseddel.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Surnadal kommune is a Norwegian local government municipality that delivers statutory public services to its residents, including healthcare and elder care (home care, nursing home, physiotherapy, mental health, child welfare), education (kindergartens, primary/lower-secondary schools, SFO, adult education, cultural school), planning and property administration (building permits, cadastral information, land-use planning), housing and social services (NAV cooperation, start loans, housing allowances via Husbanken), municipal infrastructure (roads, water, sewage, drainage), waste and recycling (via Remidt), fire safety and chimney sweeping, emergency preparedness, and cultural venues (library, cinema, cultural house). It also runs a citizen portal (Min Side) and AI chatbot (Kommune-Kari) for 24/7 digital service access, and provides property-tax administration and other municipal fees (water, sewage, waste, kindergarten, SFO, health services).

Product overview

Surnadal kommune operates as a municipal government entity providing comprehensive public services to approximately 6,000 residents. The municipality offers a unified citizen services platform accessible through the 'Min Side' (My Page) portal, integrating multiple service categories including healthcare and elder care (helse og omsorg), education (skule og utdanning), planning and property management, housing and social services, infrastructure (roads/water/drainage), waste management, emergency services (fire safety and preparedness), and cultural services (library, cinema, cultural house). Services are delivered through both digital channels (website, chatbot) and physical locations. The municipality utilizes Visma systems for HR/education portals, integrates with national platforms like Altinn, Husbanken, and maintains digital service offerings including appointment booking, form submissions, and real-time news updates through the Aktuelt news section.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Helse og omsorg (Healthcare and Care Services) Comprehensive municipal healthcare services for residents of Surnadal, including home care (heimetenester), the Surnadal sjukeheim nursing home, physiotherapy, mental health support, rehabilitation, assistive devices, and care housing. Services are tailored to elderly residents, persons with disabilities, and others with care needs in the kommune.
• Skule og utdanning (Education Services) Statutory education services for children and adults in Surnadal, encompassing kindergarten (barnehage), primary and lower-secondary schools (Surnadal barne- og ungdomsskule and oppvekstsenter), SFO after-school care, school transport (skuleskyss), adult education (vaksenopplæring), and cultural school (kulturskule) instruction.
• Plan, bolig og eigedom (Planning, Housing and Property Services) Building permits (byggesøknad), land-use and regulatory plans (reguleringsplaner), cadastral maps and surveying, residential plots (boligtomt), address management, property subdivision (seksjonering), planning announcements (plankunngjeringar), and property information (eiendomsinformasjon) for residents, builders, and developers in Surnadal.
• Bustad og sosiale tenester (Housing and Social Services) Municipal housing and social welfare services, including municipal rental housing, care housing, pensioner housing, NAV coordination, financial assistance (økonomisk rådgjeving), debt counselling, and housing subsidies/bostøtte and startlån delivered through Husbanken.
• Veg, vatn og avløp (Roads, Water and Drainage) Municipal roads, water supply (vatn), sewage (avløp), drainage, parking, and EV charging services, with reporting of disruptions (stengt vatn), water-meter (vannmålar) administration, septic-tank (septiktank) registration, and fault reporting (meld feil).
• Avfall og gjenvinning (Waste and Recycling) Municipal waste-collection scheduling (hentekalender), recycling stations (gjenbruksstasjonar), source-sorting guidance (kildesortering), and waste fees (renovasjonsgebyr), operated through the Remidt waste-management system and associated partnerships.
• Brannvern, ildstad og feiing (Fire Safety and Chimney Sweeping) Fire safety inspections, chimney sweeping (feiing), safety requirements for fireplaces and firewalls (krav til ildstad og brannmur), fireworks permits, and operational fire and rescue response (Surnadal brann og feiarvesen) for residents and property owners.
• Kulturhuset/Kinoen (Culture House / Cinema) Municipal cultural venue hosting cinema screenings, cultural events, theatre performances, and community gatherings for residents. Includes ticket pricing and group rental offers.
• Bibliotek (Public Library) Public library services providing books, media, internet access, and cultural programmes for community residents of Surnadal.
• Beredskap og vakttelefonar (Emergency Preparedness and On-Call Phones) Emergency preparedness services including mobile emergency alerts (nødvarsel), crisis leadership (kriseleiing), psychosocial crisis team, civil defence, and on-call emergency phone numbers for residents.
• Næring (Business Development Services) Business development services supporting agriculture (jordbruk), forestry (skogbruk), commercial enterprise (næringsutvikling), business establishment (etablering), business loans, and economic development initiatives aimed at local businesses and start-ups.
• Barnehage (Kindergarten / Early Childhood Education and Care) Municipal kindergartens (Øye og Solbakken, Midtigrenda) providing early-childhood education and care to pre-school children in Surnadal, with monthly parental fees set annually in the municipality's budget.
• SFO (Skolefritidsordning — After-School Care) School-age after-school care (Skolefritidsordning) for primary-school children in Surnadal, with monthly parental fees set annually in the municipality's budget.
• Min Side (Citizen Portal) Personalized citizen portal providing residents with access to invoices, property information, waste-collection schedules, digital mail from the municipality, submitted forms, tax information, and other self-service functions.
• Kommune-Kari (AI Chatbot) AI-powered conversational chatbot available 24/7 on the Surnadal kommune website, autonomously responding to resident questions about all municipal services including healthcare, education, planning, waste, and culture.
• Svømmehall (Public Swimming Hall) Public swimming facility offering admission tickets (Barn kr. 40, Voksne kr. 80, Familie kr. 210) and rental for clubs and organisations by application (application deadline 15 April).

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration16 records

AI capability2 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, moderate and minor.

• IKT OrkidecoreTechnology or IntegrationIKT Orkide er et interkommunalt IKT-samarbeid som leverer digital infrastruktur, systemer og tjenester til Surnadal kommune, inkludert anskaffelse og forvaltning av systemer for politiske møter, økonomi og administrative systemer.
• NAV Indre NordmørecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNAV Indre Nordmøre er et interkommunalt NAV-kontor der Sunndal er vertskommune og Surnadal deltar. Tilbyr sosiale tjenester, økonomisk rådgivning, gjeldsrådgivning, bostøtte og arbeidsrettede tjenester til innbyggerne.
• Helse Møre og RomsdalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSurnadal kommune samarbeider med Helse Møre og Romsdal om helsetjenester, herunder legevakt, fastlegeordningen og koordinering av helsetilbud til innbyggerne.
• Nordmøre Interkommunalt Politisk Råd (NIPR)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerSurnadal kommune deltar i Nordmøre Interkommunalt Politisk Råd (NIPR), et regionalt samarbeidsorgan for kommuner på Nordmøre.
• Indre Nordmøre barneverntenestecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterkommunalt barnevern for Halsa, Rindal og Surnadal. Surnadal kommune deltar i dette samarbeidet for å sikre barnevernstjenester til innbyggerne.
• Nordmore MuseummoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerSurnadal kommune samarbeider med Nordmore Museum om kulturminner, Svinviks arboret, Åsen bygdemuseum og andre kulturhistoriske tilbud i kommunen.
• HusbankenmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerSurnadal kommune benytter Husbankens ordninger for startlån og tilskudd til tilpasning av boliger, samt bostøtte for innbyggere.
• VismamoderateTechnology or IntegrationKommunen bruker Visma Enterprise for lønn og HR-administrasjon, Visma foresattportal for barnehage og skole, og Visma Ressursstyring for vaktplanlegging.
• Fram / Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommuneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFRAM er kollektivtrafikkorganisasjonen i Møre og Romsdal, og fylkeskommunen er ansvarlig for TT-ordningen (tilrettelagt transport) fra 1. juli 2026. Surnadal kommune samarbeider med fylkeskommunen om busstransport og venterom for reisende.
• NorsirkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorsirk arrangerer innsamlingsdager for landbruksplast i Surnadal, der bønder kan levere plastavfall til gjenvinning.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Kristiansund kommune: Larger regional center in Nordmøre operating the same statutory municipal functions at greater scale. Useful for benchmarking the upper bound of municipal service delivery in the same region.

Direct peers

• Tingvoll kommune: Small neighboring municipality in Møre og Romsdal with comparable population size and rural service delivery profile. Operates the same statutory municipal functions for a similar demographic base.
• Volda kommune: Slightly larger rural municipality in the same region with a higher education footprint, providing a useful peer for understanding how a similar service-delivery organization scales up while maintaining the same inter-municipal cooperation patterns.
• Rauma kommune: Slightly larger rural municipality in Møre og Romsdal that participates in the same Nordmøre Interkommunalt Politisk Råd (NIPR) regional cooperation, making it a directly comparable service-delivery peer.
• Sunndal kommune: Neighboring Nordmøre municipality of similar size that serves as the vertskommune (host) for the shared NAV Indre Nordmøre office. Operates the same range of public services for a comparable rural population, making it the most directly comparable peer for service delivery and inter-municipal cooperation.
• Stranda kommune: Rural municipality in Møre og Romsdal with similar scale, demographic profile, and tourism exposure. Comparable in service breadth across healthcare, education, infrastructure, and cultural services.
• Aure kommune: Coastal rural municipality in Møre og Romsdal of comparable size, providing the same range of public services including healthcare, education, infrastructure, and waste management to a small population.
• Rindal kommune: Neighboring small rural municipality that participates in the same Indre Nordmøre barnevernteneste and shares the Surnadal og Rindal kulturskule. Directly comparable in scale, service mix, and inter-municipal cooperation model.

Others

• IKT Orkide: Inter-municipal IKT cooperation providing digital infrastructure, political-meeting streaming, and SharePoint intranet to Surnadal. Functions as both technology supplier and shared-service peer for digital operations.
• KS - Kommunesektorens organisasjon: Norwegian municipal sector organization representing all kommuner and fylkeskommuner. Comparable as the umbrella body that defines standards, provides KS-læring e-learning, and advocates for municipal interests, with which Surnadal directly integrates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/surnadalkommune
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/surnadal-kommune

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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