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.
Haakon VII was the King of Norway from November 1905 until his death in September 1957.
Olav V was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.
Kåre Isaachsen Willoch was a Norwegian politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Norway from 1981 to 1986 and as leader of the Conservative Party from 1970 to 1974. He previously served as the Minister of Trade and Shipping from August to September 1963 and 1965 to 1970,and as the president of the Nordic Council in 1973.
Carl Joachim Hambro was a Norwegian journalist,author and leading politician representing the Conservative Party. A ten-term member of the Parliament of Norway,Hambro served as President of the Parliament for 20 of his 38 years in the legislature. He was actively engaged in international affairs,including work with the League of Nations (1939–1940),delegate to the UN General Assembly (1945–1956) and member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (1940–1963).
Per Stig Møller is a Danish politician. He was a member of the Folketing for the Conservative People's Party from 1984 until 2015,and was Minister for the Environment from 18 December 1990 to 24 January 1993 as part of the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter IV and Foreign Minister from 27 November 2001 to 23 February 2010 as part of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I,II and III,and the first Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen. From 23 February 2010 to 3 October 2011 he was Minister for Culture.
Jens-Halvard Bratz was a Norwegian business executive and government minister with the Conservative Party. He served as Norwegian Minister of Industry from 1981–1983.
Kåre Holt was a Norwegian author. He wrote plays,poetry and about forty books.
A referendum on retaining the monarchy or becoming a republic was held in Norway on 12 and 13 November 1905. Voters were asked whether they approved of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly self-ruling country. The Storting had wanted to offer the throne to Prince Carl of Denmark,but the prince insisted that the Norwegian people have a chance to decide whether they wanted to retain a monarchy.
Olaf Wilhelm Isaachsen was a Norwegian landscape and genre painter.
Sigurd Daniel Isaachsen Willoch was a Norwegian art historian and director of the National Gallery of Norway.
Mads Fredrik Gilbert is a Norwegian physician,humanitarian,activist,and politician for the Red Party. He is a specialist in anesthesiology and head of the emergency medicine department at the University Hospital of North Norway and Professor of emergency medicine at the University of Tromsø.
Per Øisang was a Norwegian journalist. He was best known as a radio and television presenter and correspondent in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
Hans Olav Lahlum is a Norwegian historian,crime author,chess player and organizer,and politician. He has written biographies on Oscar Torp and Haakon Lie,and a history book about all the Presidents of the United States.
Jahn Otto Johansen was a Norwegian journalist,newspaper editor,foreign correspondent and non-fiction writer.
Annelise Høegh was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party (Høyre).
Hans Andreas Limi is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Progress Party.
Kari Garmann is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Josef Hilmar Jørgensen was a Norwegian organ builder.
Oslo is one of the 19 multi-member constituencies of the Storting,the national legislature of Norway. The constituency was established as Kristiania in 1921 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Storting. It was renamed Oslo from 1925. It is conterminous with the county of Oslo. The constituency currently elects 19 of the 169 members of the Storting using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 parliamentary election it had 485,656 registered electors.
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