Sp doubles its county council group

The Sørlandet / Agder news of the past 48 hours mixes regional politics, property, health and commercial checks. In Agder county, the Senterpartiet group on the county council doubled after the arrival of Ingebjørg Godskesen, who says she asked an artificial intelligence to choose her new party. At Blindleia, a property changed hands for 100 million kroner. In addition, two national authorities announce tighter controls, one on private clinics, the other on hidden advertising on social media.

Sørlandet / Agder news: Sp group doubles on the county council

Ingebjørg Godskesen had to leave the Pensjonistpartiet. According to NRK Sørlandet / Agder, she then asked an artificial intelligence which party could become hers. She joined the Senterpartiet (Sp), and the result is measurable: the Sp group on the Agder county council has doubled, reports the public broadcaster, which describes strong growth for the party in the county. At this stage, the source does not specify the exact number of elected representatives affected by the doubling.

The county council is the elected assembly that administers Agder county. Any change in the composition of a group there has a direct effect on the balance of power between parties, particularly during budget votes and appointments. The strengthening of the Sp group is therefore part of an evolving regional balance of power.

NRK Sørlandet / Agder recounts the three-step path of this elected representative: departure from the Pensjonistpartiet, consultation of an artificial intelligence tool, then joining the Sp. No element of the report indicates which arguments weighed in the answer obtained.

Property: a 100 million kroner sale at Blindleia

Fædrelandsvennen reports on Tuesday 29 September, at 16:00, a sale of 100 million kroner at Blindleia, a coastal area in the municipality of Lillesand, in Agder county. The regional daily presents this transaction as a record in the area. The headline published by the newspaper mentions both the amount and the unprecedented nature of the sale.

No details about the property, the sellers or the buyers appear in the material published by Fædrelandsvennen on Tuesday afternoon.

Private healthcare and online advertising: checks tighten

Statens helsetilsyn is intensifying its supervision of commercial healthcare, reports NRK Sørlandet / Agder. Last week, the authority concluded that the private chain Austad Diagnostikk violates the law on several points. The report criticises examinations considered unnecessary performed on large groups of patients, as well as communication that promises more than the company can deliver.

The chain has thousands of customers across the country and is not alone on the private market. The director of Statens helsetilsyn, Sjur Lehmann, says that the sector has grown and developed, and that some of the actors “may find themselves at the limit” when it comes to giving realistic information and honest communication about what patients can get.

In the field of commercial advertising, NRK Sørlandet / Agder reports the case of a Sørlandet resident fined 120,000 kroner, which she contests. The report also details the work of a team from the Forbrukertilsynet, in Porsgrunn, tasked with monitoring the ban on hidden advertising on social media. Fædrelandsvennen also published information on Tuesday about this 120,000 kroner fine.

Shoplifting: the idea of letting security guards issue fines

Among other Sørlandet / Agder news from these two days, a shopkeeper says he is tired of shoplifting cases being dropped and proposes that private security guards be allowed to issue fines, reports NRK Sørlandet / Agder. The Ministry of Justice does not rule out that this idea could be examined. No decision has been announced.

📌 Local news in brief

Lillesand — One person has died after a tractor overturned at Høvåg, in the municipality of Lillesand. Emergency services were alerted on Tuesday at 17:19; the person was trapped under the machine. The accident occurred during work on a private field, with no other vehicle or machine involved. The police announced the death at the scene on Tuesday evening and the relatives have been notified. Police technicians are investigating the site (NRK Sørlandet / Agder). Fædrelandsvennen specifies that it was a man in his sixties.

Kristiansand — One person was taken by ambulance to the legevakt for a knife wound after a violent altercation in Lund, in Kristiansand. The injured person was interviewed and the police arrested a suspect. Investigators are continuing technical examinations at the scene and interviews (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

Justice — A 25-year-old man from Kristiansand has been sentenced to 11 years and 6 months of forvaring, with a minimum sentence of 7 years and 8 months, for five rapes and for ill-treatment of his former partner. The judgment runs to 77 pages; Fædrelandsvennen revealed it first. The man, held in custody since his arrest in June last year, denied the rapes and admitted the ill-treatment (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

Sources: NRK Sørlandet / Agder, Fædrelandsvennen, The Local Norway — Period: 29 September 2026 and 30 September 2026