The politics of Norway take place in the framework of a parliamentary,representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the Council of State,the cabinet,led by the prime minister of Norway. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the legislature,the Storting,elected within a multi-party system. The judiciary is independent of the executive branch and the legislature.
Lars Sponheim is a Norwegian politician. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2010. He was a member of the Storting from 1993 to 2009,and a government minister from 1997 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2005. He served as County Governor of Vestland from 2010 to 2022,having served as the County Governor of Hordaland from 2010 until the office was merged with that of neighboring Sogn og Fjordane in 2019.
Otto Albert Blehr was a Norwegian statesman,attorney and newspaper editor who was the 8th prime minister of Norway from 1902 to 1903 during the Union between Sweden and Norway and from 1921 to 1923 following the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden. He represented the Liberal Party.
Odd Einar Dørum is a Norwegian former politician and former member of parliament,representing the Liberal Party. He was leader of the party on two occasions and served as minister in Kjell Magne Bondevik's both cabinets from 1997 to 2000 and again from 2001 to 2005.
Aud-Inger Aure was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. Born in Averøy,Møre og Romsdal,she was awarded a Candidate of Law degree in 1993. From 1989 to 1990 she represented her county in the Storting,while Kjell Magne Bondevik was Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Jan P. Syse. On 17 October 1997,she was appointed Minister of Justice and the Police in the first government of Kjell Magne Bondevik.
John Austrheim was a Norwegian politician,farmer for the Centre Party.
Ingolf Elster Christensen was a Norwegian jurist,military officer,county governor,and Member of Parliament from the Conservative Party.
Erling Sande is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He represents Sogn og Fjordane in the Norwegian Parliament,where he deputised for Liv Signe Navarsete,who served in government between 2005 and 2013. He was elected as a regular representative following the 2021 election. Sande has served as minister of local government since 2023.
Ingvald Johan Ulveseth was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Elisabeth Aspaker is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and she is the current county governor of Troms og Finnmark county. She was also the Minister of European Affairs from 2015 to 2016 and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2013 to 2016. From 2013 to 2015,she also served as Minister of Fisheries.
Hans Olav Syversen is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Inge Bartnes is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
John-Ragnar Aarset is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Bjørg Kirsten Sandal is a Norwegian director and politician for the Labour Party.
Eirik Lae Solberg is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He has served as the governing mayor of Oslo since 2023 and was previously the Oslo City Commissioner for Finance from 2014 to 2015. Lae Solberg has also been a deputy member of parliament for Oslo since 2021,having previously done so between 1993 and 1997 for Buskerud.
Helge Barstad was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party born in Vartdal.
Bjarte Erling Eikeset was a Norwegian lawyer,judge and politician for the Conservative Party.
Steinar Gudmund Ness is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
In Norway,a state secretary is a partisan political position within the executive branch of government. Contrary to the position secretary of state in many other countries,a Norwegian state secretary does not head the ministry,rather,they are second in rank to a minister. Resembling a de facto vice minister,the state secretary,however,cannot attend a Council of State,and does not act as a temporary minister in case of illness or other leave of absence.
Sveinung Rotevatn is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. Rotevatn comes from Nordfjordeid,Sogn og Fjordane,and has a master's degree in law from the University of Bergen. He served as Minister of Climate and the Environment from 2020 to 2021. Prior to that,he served as a state secretary at the same department from 2018 to 2020 under then minister Ola Elvestuen.
