Municipalities (kommuner) are the atomic unit of local government in Norway and are responsible for:

• childcare (barnehage) services
• primary education (until 10th grade) (skole og utdanning)
• before and after school care  (skolefritidsordning – SFO)
• outpatient health services (fastlege og legevakt)
• health and social services (helse- og sosialtjenester)
• zone parking and parking halls (sone parkering og parkeringshus)
• unemployment and other social services
• zoning
• economic development
• building and property management (bolig, bygg og eiendom)
• culture and sports (kultur, fritid og idrett)
• recycling and waste (natur, miljø, renovasjon og avfall)
• traffic and municipal roads (trafikk, reiser og samferdsel)