Private company

Kolumbus

Logo: https://www.kolumbus.no/, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Public transport authority of Rogaland, Norway

Kolumbus AS, formerly Rogaland Kollektivtrafikk FKF, is the public transportation administration in Rogaland, Norway and organised as a county agency. The agency is responsible for planning, marketing and organising the public transport in Rogaland, including buses and passenger ferries, but does not perform any transport itself. Instead it awards public service obligation (PSO) contracts to independent operators.2 It is headquartered in Stavanger.1 It employed 71 people in 2026.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Jan 1, 2002Founded1
  • Industrypublic transport1
  • HeadquartersStavanger1
  • Websitewww.kolumbus.no
  • Legal formfylkeskommunalt foretak, aksjeselskap1

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Kolumbus buss på lauvvik ferjekai
Photo: Mart de Groot, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Kolumbus AS, formerly Rogaland Kollektivtrafikk FKF, is the public transportation administration in Rogaland, Norway and organised as a county agency. The agency is responsible for planning, marketing and organising the public transport in Rogaland, including buses and passenger ferries, but does not perform any transport itself. Instead it awards public service obligation (PSO) contracts to independent operators. The agency was created on January 1, 2002 and has 35 employees and offices at Byterminalen in Stavanger. All buses operated in Rogaland are branded as Kolumbus and painted green. Before Kolumbus was created, there were several smaller companies who was responsible for the transport in the different parts of Rogaland. However, because of complications with bus lines not overlapping with each other, the bus companies finally decided to unite and become Kolumbus, or Rogaland Kollektivtrafikk (Rogaland Public Transports) as it is also known as.2

The story

In 2003 the first PSO contracts were awarded to in Greater Stavanger. At the same time there was a number of changes in the routes and ticket zones, creating some confusion. In 2006 the routes in Jæren and Dalane were also changed to PSO contracts. The same year the new ticketing system was introduced, but this system has had major starting problems, resulting in many trips not being charged and loss of income for the companies.

On July 26, 2013, Kolumbus unveiled their new logo.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kolumbus, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

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Chair

  1. Rolf Gunnar Roverud2016–now
20052010201520202025

Employees over time

  • 2026711

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 2002Founded Founded1

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