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.
Hilde Frafjord Johnson is a Norwegian politician from the Christian Democratic Party. She is a former Minister of International Development of Norway,and member of the Norwegian Government. She most recently served as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan,completing her term in July 2014
Knut Arild Hareide is a Norwegian politician who served as a member of parliament from Hordaland and as the leader of the Christian Democratic Party from 2011 to 2019. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications from 2020 to 2021,and as Minister of the Environment from 2004 to 2005 in the second Bondevik cabinet. In 2007,he announced he would step down from the national political scene for the time being,but he returned when he was nominated as the top candidate for the Christian Democratic Party ticket in Akershus in the 2009 election where he won the county's leveling seat. After Dagfinn Høybråten stepped down as party leader,Hareide was unanimously elected to take his place at the 2011 party convention. In the 2013 election,Hareide was reelected to parliament,this time from his home county of Hordaland.
Kristin Clemet is a Norwegian politician for Høyre,Norway's Conservative Party.
Laila Dåvøy is a Norwegian nurse and politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She is a former member of the Norwegian parliament and a former Minister and leader of the Norwegian Nurses' Union.
Olav Akselsen was a Norwegian politician,who served six terms in the Norwegian Parliament for the Norwegian Labour Party,and was Minister of Petroleum and Energy in the first cabinet Stoltenberg from 2000 to 2001. From 2010 to 2021,he worked for the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.
Lars Peder Brekk is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was private secretary to the Minister of Fisheries 1985-1986,and himself Minister of Fisheries in 2000. He was elected to parliament in 2005 and served as Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2008 to 2012. He was acting leader of the Centre Party from June to September 2008.
Finn Kristensen is a Norwegian electrician,trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Industry in 1981,from 1986–1988 and from 1992-1993 and Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1990-1992. He was also an MP for Telemark from 1969 to 1985.
Terje Riis-Johansen is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party who is serving as county mayor of Vestfold og Telemark since 2020.
Ingjerd Schou,née Schie is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Gunnar Kvassheim is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
Eirin Kristin Sund is 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 2015-2016 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.
Unn Aarrestad is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Øyvind Håbrekke is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Sylvi Graham is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Geir Pollestad is a Norwegian solicitor and politician for the Centre Party. He is currently serving as the minister of agriculture and food since 2023,and has been a member of parliament for Rogaland since 2013.
Kjell Arvid Svendsen is a Norwegian schoolteacher and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Ellen Inga Brita Olavsdatter Hætta was a Norwegian Sami school principal and a politician representing the Norwegian Conservative Party. She was appointed a ministerial State Secretary serving Erna Solberg in October 2004. In 2010,she was appointed rector of the Sami Secondary School and Reindeer Herding School in Kautokeino. In June 2014,Thorhild Widvey,the Minister of Culture,appointed her to serve on the new board of NRK,the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. She was the first Sami to hold such a position.
