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Norway's parliament

Parliament of Norway
Storting
161st Storting
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Type
Type
Leadership
Olemic Thommessen (Con)
Since 9 October 2013
Erna Solberg (Con)
Since 16 October 2013
Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab)
Since 14 June 2014
Structure
Seats 169
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Political groups

Government (77)

Supported by (19)

Opposition (73)

  •      Ap (55)
  •      Sp (10)
  •      SV (7)
  •      MDG (1)
Elections
Open list proportional representation
Modified Sainte-Laguë method
Last election
9 September 2013
Next election
11 September 2017
Meeting place
Stortinget, Oslo, Norway (cropped).jpg
Parliament of Norway Building
Oslo, Norway
Website
www.stortinget.no

Government (77)

Supported by (19)

Opposition (73)

The Storting (Norwegian: Stortinget [²stuːʈɪŋə], "the great thing" or "the great assembly") is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members, and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation in nineteen plural member constituencies. A member of the Storting is known in Norwegian as a Stortingsrepresentant, literally "Storting representative".

The assembly is led by a president and, since 2009 five vice presidents — the presidium. The members are allocated to twelve standing committees, as well as four procedural committees. Three ombudsmen are directly subordinate to parliament: the Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee and the Office of the Auditor General.

Parliamentarianism was established in 1884. In 2009, qualified unicameralism was replaced by unicameralism, through the dissolution of the two chambers: the Lagting and the Odelsting.


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