OCTOBER 2015 VOLUME 1 ISSUE 1
When Norway ended it’s union with Demark in 1814 and it’s union with Sweden, in 1905 Norway became a constitutional monarchy.
The king is formally the head of the state. He main duties are representative and ceremonial. The main power lies within the government. The current king is HM King Harald V.
The prime minister is the head of the government.
He is selected by monarch with the majority approval of the parliament and is formally appointed by the king. The prime minister has the ability to appoint his cabinet that includes 18 ministers. The current prime minister is Jens Stoltenberg.
The parliament is elected every 4 years in
September. There are three major factions within this 165 Storting. A Storting is broken up into two houses. There is an upper house (Lagting), and a lower house (Odelsting).
The first is the Labor Party, which is the largest local party with democratic and internationalist characters. The second is the three centrist parties, which is the Christian Democrats, the Center Party, and the Liberals. The last is the Conservative Party and the Progress Party.
The current prime minister
The current King of Norway