Offentlig støtte til bredbåndsutbygging i Agder fylke

This scheme is Agder fylkeskommune's regional administration of the national public broadband-support scheme ("bredbåndsstøtteordningen", also referred to as "Nkom-midler"). The canonical descriptive page is the one operated by Nkom (the Norwegian Communications Authority), to which Agder fylkeskommune's own broadband page links as the official reference for the scheme.

According to the Nkom page, "Fylkeskommunene har forvaltningsansvaret for offentlig støtte til bredbånds-utbygging bevilget over statsbudsjettet" (the county authorities hold the administrative responsibility for the public broadband-rollout support granted over the state budget), and Nkom holds an advisory role for the counties' use of the funds, including on state-aid rules and third-party access. Overall responsibility for the scheme rests with Digitaliserings- og forvaltningsdepartementet (DFD): "Digitaliserings og forvaltningsdepartementet (DFD) har ansvaret for ordningen med offentlig støtte over statsbudsjettet til utbygging av bredbånd. Midlene fordeles til fylkeskommunene etter en fordelingsnøkkel utarbeidet av DFD i samråd med Nkom" (DFD is responsible for the scheme of public support over the state budget for broadband rollout; the funds are distributed to the county authorities by a distribution key drawn up by DFD in consultation with Nkom).

The page states the scheme stimulates broadband rollout in areas where it is not commercially profitable to build digital infrastructure, where the state, county authority and municipality may, under given criteria, give public grants. For 2026 the page notes the scheme operates under a new notified support order. The page advises that parts of the page are being revised to fit the new 2026 arrangement and that some information still applies to the 2025 scheme.

For the 2026 allocation, the page states the counties are told in the assignment letter from DFD how much support they have been allocated. The full national 2026 frame is 159,110,000 kroner, and the line for Agder reads: "Agder — 9 902 257" (i.e. 9,902,257 kroner allocated to Agder for 2026). The page lists key dates for the 2026 funds: agreements to be concluded by 1 April 2027 and projects to be completed by 1 October 2028.

The page lists county contact persons; for Agder it names Jostein Akselsen (jostein.akselsen@agderfk.no). The page does not state an application deadline for applicants, a per-applicant funding amount, a funding rate, or a scheme code; applications run through the county authorities rather than through Nkom. The page carries the date 22.03.2026.

The total budget recorded here (159,110,000 NOK) is the page's stated national frame for 2026; Agder's own share for 2026 is the 9,902,257 NOK noted above.