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Since 5 March 1866, parliament has met in the Parliament of Norway Building at Karl Johans gate 22 in Oslo. The building was designed by the Swedish architect Emil Victor Langlet and is built in yellow brick with details and basement in light gray granite.
After the 1936 election the Labour Party formed a new minority government, which had to go into exile 1940–1945 because of the German occupation of Norway. After a brief trans-party government following the German capitulation in 1945, Labour gained a majority of the seats in parliament in the first post-war election of 1945.
The president of the Storting is the presiding officer of the Storting legislature of Norway. The position was created in 1814, when the country received its constitution. The position was created in 1814, when the country received its constitution.
Jan Tore Sanner; Anniken Huitfeldt (Ragnhild Male Hartviksen); Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen; Sverre Myrli; Hans Andreas Limi; Sigbjørn Gjelsvik; Henrik Asheim; Tuva Moflag; Abid Raja; Kirsti Bergstø
Between 2017 and 2021, the Parliament of Norway consisted of 169 members from 9 parties, elected during the 2017 Norwegian parliamentary election on 11 September. The center-right block retained a reduced majority of seats, allowing the coalition of the largest right-wing parties, the Conservative Party (45 members) and the Progress Party (27 ...
The parliament moved in on 5 March 1866. [4] Initially, the building was too large for the needs of the legislature, and several other government agencies, including the Office of the Auditor General of Norway, the National Archival Services, the Mapping and Cadastre Authority and the Director of Canals were also housed there. As the parliament ...
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Norway on 8 September 2025 to elect the members of the Storting for the 2025–2029 parliamentary term. [1] [2]
Norway's minority Labour-led government has struck a deal with two opposition parties to open Arctic oceans to mineral exploration, a key step on the way to full-scale seabed mining, a ...