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Norway
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Norway parliamentary seats — snapshot dated Elected 8 September 2025 (1y 2mo ago). Curated data may lag the live series. View data sources.
In charge
Jonas Gahr Støre
Prime Minister
Time in power
5.0 yrs
since 2021
Government seats
31%
minority
Next national vote
2029-09
Parliamentary
Governance score
93/100
composite of five indices
Norway wrote one of Europe's oldest constitutions in 1814, won independence in 1905, and turned North Sea oil into the world's largest sovereign wealth fund within a social-democratic welfare state.
Leadership
Who Governs Norway
Head of state
Harald V
King
Since 17 January 1991 · 35.8 years
Age 89 (born 1937)ManRoute to power: hereditary
Head of government
Holds executive powerJonas Gahr Støre
Prime Minister · Labour Party
Since 14 October 2021 · 5.0 years
Age 66 (born 1960)ManRoute to power: won a popular election
Ruling coalition
Labour minority government, relying on red-green parties for budgets
Main opposition
Progress Party (Sylvi Listhaug)
Last national election
8 September 2025
Parliamentary
Labour re-elected with 28%; the Progress Party became the second-largest party.
Next national election
By September 2029
Parliamentary
Parliament
Storting (unicameral)
Seat distribution (Elected 8 September 2025), ordered from economic left to right.
| Party | Ideology | Seats | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Ap) | Social democracy | 53 | governing |
| Progress Party (FrP) | Right-wing populism, Classical liberalism | 47 | opposition |
| Conservative Party (H) | Liberal conservatism | 24 | opposition |
| Socialist Left (SV) | Democratic socialism | 9 | confidence |
| Centre Party (Sp) | Agrarianism | 9 | confidence |
| Red Party (R) | Marxism | 9 | confidence |
| Green Party (MDG) | Green politics | 8 | confidence |
| Christian Democrats (KrF) | Christian democracy | 7 | opposition |
| Liberal Party (V) | Social liberalism | 3 | opposition |
Ideology
Party Landscape
Each party placed on economic and social axes, sized by seats.
Institutions
The System
- Official name
- Kingdom of Norway
- Capital
- Oslo
- Population
- 5.6 million
- Statehood
- Constitution 1814; independence from Sweden 1905
- System
- Constitutional monarchy
- Structure
- Unitary
- Current constitution
- 1814
- Legislature
- Storting
- Lower / sole chamber
- Storting (unicameral) (169 seats)
- Electoral system
- List proportional by county with 19 levelling seats (4% threshold for levelling).
- Term limits
- None; fixed four-year terms with no early dissolution.
Sources
- Stortinget
- Valgdirektoratet
- EIU Democracy Index 2024; Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2025; RSF World Press Freedom Index 2025; Transparency International CPI 2024; IPU Parline, 2026; V-Dem v15 Liberal Democracy Index (approximate five-year readings)
Last verified 2026-10-29. Party placements are editorial estimates.
Data as of 2026-10-29.