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.
The Storting is the supreme legislature of Norway,established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members,and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation in nineteen multi-seat constituencies. A member of Stortinget is known in Norwegian as a stortingsrepresentant,literally "Storting representative".
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 is the current County Governor of Vestland,having served as the County Governor of Hordaland from 2010 until the office was merged with that of neighboring Sogn og Fjordane in 2019.
Bjarne Håkon Hanssen is a Norwegian politician of the Labour Party who served Minister of Health and Social Care Services from 2008 to 2009,Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion from 2005 to 2008 and Minister of Agriculture from 2000 to 2001. On 8 October 2009 Hansen announced that he would step down as a minister when Stoltenberg's reshuffled cabinet would be put together. As a minister he was both liked for his down to earth attitude,but also received much criticism for statements like “People on benefit must get up in the morning”. He was also member of Parliament from 1997 to 2009 and county mayor of Nord-Trøndelag from 1995 to 1997.
Lars Leiro was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Oskar Skogly was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He is known as Minister of Local Government,mayor of Fåberg and three-term member of the Parliament of Norway.
Eva Kristin Hansen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She briefly served as the President of the Storting from October to November 2021. She has also served as an MP for South Trøndelag since 2005. She was also leader of the Workers' Youth League from 2000 to 2002.
Espen Johnsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Trygve Owren was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Ulf Isak Leirstein is a Norwegian politician,formerly for the Progress Party and then independent,and a member of the Storting from 2005 to 2021. He left the party after it was revealed that he had sent pornographic pictures to a mailing list belonging to the Progress Party's youth wing.
Anders Hove was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Harald Vincent Houge Torp was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Conservative Party.
Kjell Ingolf Ropstad is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party,who served as the Minister of Children,Family and Church Affairs and the leader of the Christian Democratic Party from 2019 to 2021. He has been a member of the Norwegian Parliament Stortinget since 2009.
Rigmor Kofoed-Larsen is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Kjetil Bjørklund is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.
Olav Djupvik was a Norwegian politician with the Christian Democratic Party.
Olaf Henning Thommessen is the Chief Executive Officer of SMB Norge,The Norwegian Association of Small &Medium Enterprises and a former politician for the Liberal Party.
Ketil Kjenseth is a Norwegian schoolteacher and politician for the Liberal Party.
Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party who is a member of the Storting,and served as the President of the Storting from 2018 to 2021.
Oppland is one of the 19 multi-member constituencies of the Storting,the national legislature of Norway. The constituency was established as Opland in 1921 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Storting. Its spelling was settled as Oppland in 1950. It consists of the municipalities of Dovre,Etnedal,Gausdal,Gjøvik,Gran,Lesja,Lillehammer,Lom,Nord-Aurdal,Nord-Fron,Nordre Land,Østre Toten,Øyer,Øystre Slidre,Ringebu,Sel,Skjåk,Søndre Land,Sør-Aurdal,Sør-Fron,Vågå,Vang,Vestre Slidre and Vestre Toten in the county of Innlandet. The constituency currently elects five of the 169 members of the Storting using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 parliamentary election it had 132,383 registered electors.
