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{{short description|Supreme legislature of Norway}}
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{{Update|date=May 2022|reason=Information about the organization (like committee leadership) and parliamentary leaders is outdated. Changes should reflect the parliamentary election in 2021 and the change of government}}{{Infobox legislature
| name              = Parliament of Norway
| native_name       = Stortinget
| legislature       = [[List of members of the Storting, 2021–2025|166th Storting]]
| logo_res          = 200px
| logo_caption      = {{small|[[Coat of arms of Norway|Logo of Stortinget]]}}
| house_type        = [[Unicameral]]
| leader1_type      = [[List of Presidents of the Parliament of Norway|President of the Storting]]
| leader1           = [[Masud Gharahkhani]] 
| party1            = ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour]])
| leader2_type      = [[Storting#Organisation|Vice presidents]]
| leader2           = [[Svein Harberg]]
| party2            = ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservative]])
| leader3_type      =  
| leader3           = [[Nils T. Bjørke]]
| party3            = ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre]])
| leader4_type      =  
| leader4           = [[Morten Wold]]
| party4            = ([[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress]])
| leader5_type      =  
| leader5           = [[Kari Henriksen]]
| party5            = ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour]])
| leader6_type      =  
| leader6           = [[Ingrid Fiskaa]]
| party6            = ([[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left]])
| members           = 169
| structure1        = Norway Storting 2021.svg
| structure1_res    = 250px
| political_groups1 = '''[[Støre's Cabinet|Government]] (48)'''
*{{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour Party]] (48)
'''[[Confidence and supply|Supported by]] (41)''' 
*{{Color box|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]] (28)
*{{Color box|{{party color|Socialist Left Party (Norway)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]] (13)
'''[[Parliamentary opposition|Opposition]] (80)''' 
*{{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party of Norway (2020)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservative Party]] (36)
*{{Color box|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]] (20)
*{{Color box|{{party color|Red Party (Norway)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Red Party (Norway)|Red Party]] (8)
*{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Party (Norway)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Liberal Party (Norway)|Liberal Party]] (8)
*{{Color box|{{party color|Green Party (Norway)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Green Party (Norway)|Green Party]] (3)
*{{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democratic Party]] (3)}}
*{{Color box|{{party color|Patient Focus (Norway)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Patient Focus (Norway)|Patient Focus]] ([[Irene Ojala|1]])
*{{Color box|{{party color|Independent}}|border=darkgray}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[Christian Tybring-Gjedde|1]])
| voting_system1    = [[Open list]] proportional representation<br />[[Sainte-Laguë method#Modified Sainte-Laguë method|Modified Sainte-Laguë method]]
| last_election1    = [[2021 Norwegian parliamentary election|13 September 2021]]
| next_election1    = [[2025 Norwegian parliamentary election|8 September 2025]]
| session_room      = Storting6875.JPG
| session_roomres   = 250px
| meeting_place     = Hemicycle of the [[Parliament of Norway Building]]<br />[[Oslo]], Norway
| website           = {{URL|stortinget.no}}
| established       = 1814
|committees1        = 
*[[Standing Committee on Business and Industry|Business and Industry]]
*[[Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs|Education, Research and Church Affairs]]
*[[Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment|Energy and the Environment]]
*[[Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs|Family and Cultural Affairs]]
*[[Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs|Finance and Economic Affairs]]
*[[Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence|Foreign Affairs and Defence]]
*[[Standing Committee on Health and Care Services|Health and Care Services]]
*[[Standing Committee on Justice|Justice]]
*[[Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs|Labour and Social Affairs]]
*[[Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration|Local Government and Public Administration]]
*[[Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs|Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs]]
*[[Standing Committee on Transport and Communications |Transport and Communications]]
|constitution=[[Constitution of Norway]]|term_limits=4 years|logo=The Norwegian coat of arms as used by the Norwegian parliament.svg}}
The '''Storting''' ({{langx|no|Stortinget}} {{IPA|no|ˈstûːʈɪŋə|}}; {{lit.|the Great [[Thing (assembly)|Thing]]}}) is the supreme legislature of [[Norway]], established in 1814 by the [[Constitution of Norway]]. It is located in [[Oslo]]. The [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on [[party-list proportional representation]] in nineteen [[Voting systems#Multiple-winner methods|multi-seat]] constituencies. A member of the Storting is known in Norwegian as a ''stortingsrepresentant'', literally "Storting representative".<ref>[http://www.dn.no/nyheter/politikkSamfunn/2016/08/18/2151/stortingsrepresentant-ulovlig-pgrepet Stortingsrepresentant ulovlig pågrepet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919003432/http://www.dn.no/nyheter/politikkSamfunn/2016/08/18/2151/stortingsrepresentant-ulovlig-pgrepet |date=19 September 2016 }}, [[Norwegian News Agency|NTB]], ''[[Dagens Næringsliv]]'', 18 August 2016</ref>

The assembly is led by a president and, since 2009, five vice presidents: the [[presidium]]. The members are allocated to twelve standing committees as well as four procedural committees. Three [[ombudsmen]] are directly subordinate to parliament: the [[Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee|Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee]] and the [[Office of the Auditor General of Norway|Office of the Auditor General]].

[[Parliamentary system|Parliamentarianism]] was established in 1884, with the Storting operating a form of "qualified unicameralism", in which it divided its membership into two internal chambers making Norway a de facto [[bicameral]] parliament, the [[Lagting (Norway)|Lagting]] and the [[Odelsting]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=EeMS8B0oOKkC&dq=qualified+unicameralism&pg=PA31 ''Scandinavian Politics Today''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604033921/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EeMS8B0oOKkC&lpg=PA31&dq=qualified%20unicameralism&pg=PA31#v=onepage&q=qualified%20unicameralism&f=false |date=4 June 2020 }}, David Arter, [[Manchester University Press]], 1999, page 31</ref> Following a constitutional amendment in 2007, this was abolished, taking effect following the 2009 election.<ref name="ECHR" />

Following the [[2021 Norwegian parliamentary election|2021 election]], ten parties are represented in parliament: the [[Norwegian Labour Party|Labour Party]] (48), the [[Conservative Party of Norway|Conservative Party]] (36), the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]] (28), the [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]] (21), the [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]] (13), the [[Red Party (Norway)|Red Party]] (8), the [[Liberal Party of Norway|Liberal Party]] (8), the [[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democratic Party]] (3), the [[Green Party (Norway)|Green Party]] (3), and the [[Patient Focus (Norway)|Patient Focus Party]] (1). Since 2021, [[Masud Gharahkhani]] has been [[List of presidents of the Storting|President of the Storting]].

== History ==
The parliament in its present form was [[Norway in 1814|first constituted]] at [[Eidsvoll]] in 1814, although its origins can be traced back to the allting, as early as the 9th century, a type of ''[[thing (assembly)|thing]]'', or common assembly of free men in [[Germanic tribes|Germanic societies]] that would gather at a place called a thingstead and were presided over by [[lawspeaker]]s. The alltings were where legal and political matters were discussed. These gradually were formalised so that the things grew into regional meetings and acquired backing and authority from the Crown, even to the extent that on occasions they were instrumental in effecting change in the monarchy itself.

As oral laws became codified and Norway unified as a geopolitical entity in the 10th century, the lagtings ("law things") were established as superior regional assemblies. During the mid-13th century, the by then archaic regional assemblies, the [[Frostating]], the [[Gulating]], the [[Eidsivating]] and the [[Borgarting]], were amalgamated and the corpus of law was set down under the command of King [[Magnus Lagabøte]]. This jurisdiction remained significant until King [[Frederick III of Denmark|Frederick III]] proclaimed absolute monarchy in 1660; this was ratified by the passage of the [[Sovereignty Act|King Act of 1665]], and this became the constitution of the [[Denmark–Norway|Union of Denmark and Norway]] and remained so until 1814 and the foundation of the Storting.

The [[Parliament of Norway Building]] opened in 1866.

===World War II===
On 27 June 1940 the presidium signed an appeal to King Haakon, seeking his abdication.<ref name=CavingEndo>{{cite news |title=Stortinget hvitvasker sin krigshistorie |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/Stortinget-hvitvasker-sin-krigshistorie-7500998.html#.UzA8j4VN-xo |newspaper=Aftenposten |date=14 March 2014 |author=Tor Bomann-Larsen |author-link=Tor Bomann-Larsen |access-date=24 March 2014 |archive-date=20 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320022742/http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/Stortinget-hvitvasker-sin-krigshistorie-7500998.html#.UzA8j4VN-xo |url-status=live }}</ref> (The presidium then consisted of the presidents and vice-presidents of parliament, [[Odelstinget]] and [[Lagtinget]].<ref name=Presidentskap>{{Cite web |url=http://snl.no/Stortingets_presidentskap |title=Stortingets presidentskap |access-date=24 March 2014 |archive-date=24 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324184753/http://snl.no/Stortingets_presidentskap |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ivar Lykke (politician)|Ivar Lykke]] stepped in (according to mandate) in place of the president in exile, [[C. J. Hambro]];<ref name=Lykke>{{Cite web |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Ivar_Lykke |title=Ivar Lykke |access-date=24 March 2014 |archive-date=24 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324184110/http://nbl.snl.no/Ivar_Lykke |url-status=live }}</ref> Lykke was one [of the six] who signed.<ref name="CavingEndo"/>)

In September 1940 the representatives were summoned to [[Oslo]], and voted in favour of the results of the negotiations between the presidium and the authorities of the German invaders.<ref name="CavingEndo"/> (92 voted for, and 53 voted against.)<ref name="CavingEndo"/> However, directives from [[Adolf Hitler]] resulted in the obstruction of "the agreement of cooperation between parliament and [the] occupation force".<ref name="CavingEndo"/>

===Qualified unicameralism (1814–2009)===
The Storting has always been ''de facto'' [[unicameral]], but before a constitutional amendment in 2009 it was ''de jure'' [[bicameral]]. After an election, the Storting would elect a quarter of its membership to form the Lagting, a sort of "upper house" or revising chamber, with the remaining three-quarters forming the Odelsting or "lower house".<ref name="ECHR">[https://books.google.com/books?id=_9k_1g4LWcUC&dq=Storting+Lagting+Odelsting&pg=PA210 ''A Europe of Rights: The Impact of the ECHR on National Legal Systems''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310204325/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_9k_1g4LWcUC&lpg=PA210&dq=Storting%20Lagting%20Odelsting&pg=PA210#v=onepage&q=Storting%20Lagting%20Odelsting&f=true |date=10 March 2016 }}, Helen Keller, Alec Stone Sweet, [[Oxford University Press]], 2008, page 210</ref> The division was also used on very rare occasions in cases of [[Impeachment (Norway)|impeachment]]. The original idea in 1814 was probably to have the Lagting act as an actual upper house, and the senior and more experienced members of the Storting were placed there. Later, however, the composition of the Lagting closely followed that of the Odelsting, so that there was very little that differentiated them, and the passage of a bill in the Lagting was mostly a formality.
[[File:Stortinget Lagtinget 01.jpg|thumb|Lagting Hall, which also serves as the meeting room for the [[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democratic Party]]'s parliamentary group. The Lagting was discontinued in 2009.]]

Bills were submitted by the Government to the Odelsting or by a member of the Odelsting; members of the Lagting were not permitted to propose legislation by themselves. A standing committee, with members from both the Odelsting and Lagting, would then consider the bill, and in some cases hearings were held. If passed by the Odelsting, the bill would be sent to the Lagting for review or revision. Most bills were passed unamended by the Lagting and then sent directly to the king for [[royal assent]]. If the Lagting amended the Odelsting's draft, the bill would be sent back to the Odelsting. If the Odelsting approved the Lagting's amendments, the bill would be signed into law by the King.<ref name="Latham">[https://archive.org/details/norwayandnorweg00lathgoog/page/n101 <!-- pg=89 quote=Odelsting. --> ''Norway and the Norwegians''], Robert Gordon Latham, Richard Bentley, 1840, page 89</ref> If it did not, then the bill would return to the Lagting. If the Lagting still proposed amendments, the bill would be submitted to a plenary session of the Storting. To be passed, the bill required the approval of a two-thirds majority of the plenary session. In all other cases a simple majority would suffice.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DIkWJ3psB2gC&dq=odelsting+lagting&pg=PA204 ''Political Systems Of The World''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923102829/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DIkWJ3psB2gC&lpg=PA204&dq=odelsting%20lagting&pg=PA204#v=onepage&q=odelsting%20lagting&f=true |date=23 September 2016 }}, J Denis Derbyshire and Ian Derbyshire, Allied Publishers, page 204</ref> Three days had to pass between each time a chamber voted on a bill.<ref name="Latham" /> In all other cases, such as taxes and [[Appropriation (law)|appropriation]]s, the Storting would meet in plenary session.

A proposal to amend the constitution and abolish the Odelsting and Lagting was introduced in 2004 and was passed by the Storting on 20 February 2007 (159–1 with nine absentees).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Bf6xAAAAQBAJ&dq=Storting+lagting+odelsting+norway+2009&pg=PA191 ''Historical Dictionary of Norway''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422153003/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Bf6xAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA191&dq=Storting%20lagting%20odelsting%20norway%202009&pg=PA191#v=onepage&q=Storting%20lagting%20odelsting%20norway%202009&f=true |date=22 April 2016 }}, Jan Sjåvik, Scarecrow Press, 2008, page 191</ref> It took effect with the newly elected Storting in 2009.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=waInAQAAMAAJ&q=odelsting+lagting+abolished ''Chronicle of Parliamentary Elections''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923110417/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=waInAQAAMAAJ&q=odelsting+lagting+abolished&dq=odelsting+lagting+abolished&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiy4pDavpDPAhXsLMAKHSCjA54Q6AEIHjAA |date=23 September 2016 }}, Volume 43, International Centre for Parliamentary Documentation, 2009, page 192</ref>

===Number of seats===
The number of seats in the Storting has varied over the years. In 1882 there were 114 seats, increasing to 117 in 1903, 123 in 1906, 126 in 1918, 150 in 1921, 155 in 1973, 157 in 1985, 165 in 1989, and 169 as of 2005.

==Procedure==

===Legislative===
[[File:Spørretimen i Stortinget 22. november 2007.jpg|thumb|[[Interpellation (politics)|Interpellation]] (''spørretimen'') being held inside the [[hemicycle]] of the building]]
The legislative procedure goes through five stages. First, a bill is introduced to parliament either by a member of government or, in the case of a private member's bill, by any individual representative. Parliament will refer the bill to the relevant standing committee, where it will be subjected to detailed consideration in the committee stage. The first reading takes place when parliament debates the recommendation from the committee, and then takes a vote. If the bill is dismissed, the procedure ends. The second reading takes place at least three days after the first reading, in which parliament debates the bill again. A new vote is taken, and if successful, the bill is submitted to the [[Norwegian Council of State|King in Council]] for royal assent. If parliament comes to a different conclusion during the second reading, a third reading will be held at least three days later, repeating the debate and vote, and may adopt the amendments from the second reading or finally dismiss the bill.

===Royal assent===
Once the bill has reached the King in Council, the bill must be signed by the [[Monarch of Norway|monarch]] and countersigned by the [[Prime Minister of Norway|prime minister]]. It then becomes [[Law of Norway|Norwegian law]] from the date stated in the Act or decided by the government.

Articles 77–79 of the Norwegian constitution specifically grant the King of Norway the right to withhold Royal Assent from any bill passed by the Storting.<ref name="NW">"[http://www.stortinget.no/english/constitution.html The Norwegian Constitution]". The Storting information office. Retrieved on 12 April 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503102011/http://www.stortinget.no/english/constitution.html |date=3 May 2007 }}</ref> This right has never been exercised by any Norwegian monarch since the [[dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905]] (though it was exercised by [[King of Sweden|Swedish monarchs]] before then when they ruled Norway). Should the king ever choose to exercise this privilege, Article 79 provides a means by which his veto may be overridden if the Storting passes the same bill after a general election:

"If a Bill has been passed unaltered by two sessions of the Storting, constituted after two separate successive elections and separated from each other by at least two intervening sessions of the Storting, without a divergent Bill having been passed by any Storting in the period between the first and last adoption, and it is then submitted to the King with a petition that His Majesty shall not refuse his assent to a Bill which, after the most mature deliberation, the Storting considers to be beneficial, it shall become law even if the Royal Assent is not accorded before the Storting goes into recess."<ref name="NW" />

==Organisation==
{{Politics of Norway}}

===Presidium===
{{Main|List of presidents of the Storting}}
The [[presidium]] is chaired by the president of the Storting, consisting of the president and five [[vice president]]s of the Storting. The system with five vice presidents was implemented in 2009. Before this there was a single holder of the office.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://stortinget.no/no/Hva-skjer-pa-Stortinget/Nyhetsarkiv/Forsidenyheter/2009-2010/Stortingets-presidentskap/ |title=Stortinget.no |date=8 October 2009 |access-date=10 October 2009 |archive-date=16 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016084814/http://www.stortinget.no/no/Hva-skjer-pa-Stortinget/Nyhetsarkiv/Forsidenyheter/2009-2010/Stortingets-presidentskap/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stortingets presidentskap |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Stortingets-presidentskap/?tab=MembersCommittee |date=31 January 2020 |website=Stortinget |language=no |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806124116/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Stortingets-presidentskap/?tab=MembersCommittee |url-status=live }}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Position !! Representative !! Party
|-
| President || {{sortname|Masud|Gharahkhani}} ||[[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour]]
|-
| First Vice President || {{sortname|Svein|Harberg}} ||[[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservative]]
|-
| Second Vice President || {{sortname|Nils T.|Bjørke}} ||[[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre]]
|-
| Third Vice President || {{sortname|Morten|Wold}} ||[[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress]]
|-
| Fourth Vice President || {{sortname|Kari|Henriksen}} ||[[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour]]
|-
| Fifth Vice President ||[[Ingrid Fiskaa]]||[[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left]]
|}

===Standing committees===
The members of parliament are allocated into twelve [[standing committee]]s, of which eleven are related to specific political topics. The last is the [[Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs]]. The standing committees have a portfolio that covers that of one or more [[Norwegian Council of State|government ministers]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representanter og komiteer |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/ |date=27 March 2008 |website=Stortinget |language=no |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=13 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513175508/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Committee !! Chair !! Chair's party
|-
| [[Standing Committee on Business and Industry|Business and Industry]] || {{sortname|Geir|Pollestad}} || Centre
|-
| [[Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs|Education, Research and Church Affairs]] ||[[Roy Steffensen]]|| Progress
|-
| [[Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment|Energy and the Environment]] ||[[Ketil Kjenseth]]|| Liberal
|-
| [[Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs|Family and Cultural Affairs]] ||[[Kristin Ørmen Johnsen]]|| Conservative
|-
| [[Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs|Finance and Economic Affairs]] ||[[Mudassar Kapur]]|| Conservative
|-
| [[Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence|Foreign Affairs and Defence]] || {{sortname|Anniken|Huitfeldt}} || Labour
|-
| [[Standing Committee on Health and Care Services|Health and Care Services]] ||[[Geir Jørgen Bekkevold]]|| Christian Democratic
|-
| [[Standing Committee on Justice|Justice]] ||[[Lene Vågslid]]|| Labour
|-
| [[Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs|Labour and Social Affairs]] ||[[Erlend Wiborg]]|| Progress
|-
| [[Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration|Local Government and Public Administration]] ||[[Karin Andersen]]|| Socialist Left
|-
| [[Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs|Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs]] ||[[Dag Terje Andersen]]|| Labour
|-
| [[Standing Committee on Transport and Communications |Transport and Communications]] ||[[Helge Orten]]|| Conservative
|}

===Other committees===
There are four other committees, that run parallel to the standing committees. The [[Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs]] consists of members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, the presidium, and the parliamentary leaders. The committee discusses important issues related to foreign affairs, trade policy, and national safety with the government. Discussions are confidential. The European Committee consists of the members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence and the parliamentary delegation to the [[European Economic Area]] (EEA) and the [[European Free Trade Area]] (EFTA). The committee conducts discussions with the government regarding directives from the [[European Union]].

The [[Election Committee (Parliament of Norway)|Election Committee]] consists of 37 members, and is responsible for internal elections within the parliament, as well as delegating and negotiating party and representative allocation within the presidium, standing committees, and other committees. The [[Preparatory Credentials Committee]] has 16 members and is responsible for approving the election.

===Appointed agencies===
Five public agencies are appointed by parliament rather than by the government. The [[Office of the Auditor General of Norway|Office of the Auditor General]] is the [[auditing|auditor]] of all branches of the public administration and is responsible for auditing, monitoring and advising all state economic activities. The [[Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman|Parliamentary Ombudsman]] is an [[ombudsman]] responsible for public administration. It can investigate any public matter that has not been processed by an elected body, the courts, or within the military. The [[Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman for the Armed Forces|Ombudsman for the Armed Forces]] is an ombudsman responsible for the military. The [[Norwegian Ombudsman for Civilian National Servicemen|Ombudsman for Civilian National Servicemen]] is responsible for people serving civilian national service. The [[Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee|Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee]] is a seven-member body responsible for supervising public intelligence, surveillance, and security services. Parliament also appoints the five members of the [[Norwegian Nobel Committee]] that award the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].

===Administration===
Parliament has an administration of about 450 people, led by Director of the Storting [[Marianne Andreassen]], who assumed office in 2018. She also acts as secretary for the presidium.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stortingets direktør |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Stortinget-og-demokratiet/Administrasjonen/Avdelinger-og-seksjoner/Stortingets-direktor/ |date=10 April 2019 |website=Stortinget |language=no |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806060325/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Stortinget-og-demokratiet/Administrasjonen/Avdelinger-og-seksjoner/Stortingets-direktor/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Party groups===
Each party represented in parliament has a party group. It is led by a board and chaired by a parliamentary leader. It is customary for the party leader to also act as parliamentary leader, but since party leaders of government parties normally sit as ministers, governing parties elect other representatives as their parliamentary leaders. The table reflects the results of the September 2021 election.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Party !! Seats !! Parliamentary leader
|-
| [[Norwegian Labour Party|Labour Party]] || 48 || {{sortname|Rigmor|Aasrud}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arbeiderpartiet (A) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Arbeiderpartiet/ |date=2 October 2019 |website=Stortinget |language=no |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508224143/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Arbeiderpartiet/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]] || 28 || {{sortname|Marit|Arnstad}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senterpartiet (Sp) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Senterpartiet/ |date=2 October 2019 |website=Stortinget |language=no |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508164833/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Senterpartiet/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Conservative Party of Norway|Conservative Party]] || 36 || {{sortname|Erna|Solberg}} (also party leader)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Høyre (H) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Hoyre/ |date=2 October 2019 |website=Stortinget |language=no |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=9 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509011119/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Hoyre/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]] || 21 ||Sylvi Listhaug<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fremskrittspartiet (FrP) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Fremskrittspartiet/ |date=2 October 2019 |website=Stortinget |language=no |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508222738/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Fremskrittspartiet/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]] || 13 || {{sortname|Kirsti|Bergstø}} (also party leader)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sosialistisk Venstreparti (SV) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Sosialistisk-Venstreparti/ |date=2 October 2019 |website=Stortinget |language=no |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508112442/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Sosialistisk-Venstreparti/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Red Party (Norway)|Red Party]] || 8 || {{sortname|Marie Sneve|Martinussen}} (also party leader)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rødt (R) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/rodt/ |date=2 October 2019 |website=Stortinget |language=no |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508214808/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/rodt/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Liberal Party of Norway|Liberal Party]] || 8 ||[[Terje Breivik]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Venstre (V) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Venstre/ |date=3 February 2020 |website=Stortinget |language=no |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=9 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509043320/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Venstre/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Green Party of Norway|Green Party]] || 3 ||[[Arild Hermstad]] (also party leader)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miljøpartiet De Grønne (MDG) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Miljopartiet-De-Gronne/ |date=7 February 2020 |website=Stortinget |language=no |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508083337/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Miljopartiet-De-Gronne/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democratic Party]] || 3 ||[[Hans Fredrik Grøvan]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Kristelig Folkeparti (KrF) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Kristelig-Folkeparti/ |date=2 October 2019 |website=Stortinget |language=no |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508194417/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Partiene/Kristelig-Folkeparti/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Patient Focus (Norway)|Patient Focus]] || 1 ||[[Irene Ojala]] (also party leader)<ref name="auto"/>
|-
|}

==Elections==
{{Main|Elections in Norway}}
{{Main|2021 Norwegian parliamentary election}}
[[File:Stemmeavlukket.jpg|thumb|An election booth at the event of municipal and county voting, 2007]]
Members to the Storting are elected based on [[party-list proportional representation]] in [[Voting systems#Multiple-winner methods|plural member]] constituencies. This means that representatives from different political parties are elected from each constituency. The constituencies are identical to the 19 former [[counties of Norway]]. Although county mergers have brought the number of counties down to 11, the 19 constituencies are unchanged. The electorate does not vote for individuals but rather for party lists, with a ranked list of candidates nominated by the party. This means that the person on top of the list will get the seat unless the voter [[open list|alters the ballot]]. Parties may nominate candidates from outside their own constituency, and even Norwegian citizens currently living abroad.<ref name=voting>{{cite book |last=Ryssevik |first=Jostein |title=I samfunnet. Norsk politikk |year=2002 |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |language=no |isbn=978-82-03-32852-7}}</ref>

The [[Sainte-Laguë method]] is used for allocating parliamentary seats to parties. As a result, the percentage of representatives is roughly equal to the nationwide percentage of votes. Still, a party with a high number of votes in only one constituency can win a seat there even if the nationwide percentage is low. This has happened several times in Norwegian history. Conversely, if a party's initial representation in Stortinget is proportionally less than its share of votes, the party may seat more representatives through [[leveling seat]]s, provided that the nationwide percentage is above the [[election threshold]], currently at 4%. In 2009, nineteen seats were allocated via the leveling system.<ref name=voting/> Elections are held each four years (in odd-numbered years occurring after a year evenly divisible by four), normally on the second Monday of September.

Unlike most other parliaments, the Storting always serves its full four-year term; the Constitution does not allow [[snap election]]s. Substitutes for each deputy are elected at the same time as each election, so by-elections are rare.

Norway switched its parliamentary elections from single-member districts decided by two-round [[Two-round system|run-offs]] to multi-member districts with proportional representation in 1919.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fiva |first1=Jon H. |last2=Hix |first2=Simon |title=Electoral Reform and Strategic Coordination |journal=British Journal of Political Science |year=2021 |volume=51 |issue=4 |language=en |pages=1782–1791 |doi=10.1017/S0007123419000747 |issn=0007-1234 |doi-access=free|hdl=11250/2983501 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fiva |first1=Jon H. |last2=Smith |first2=Daniel M. |date=2 November 2017 |title=Norwegian parliamentary elections, 1906–2013: representation and turnout across four electoral systems |journal=West European Politics |volume=40 |issue=6 |pages=1373–1391 |doi=10.1080/01402382.2017.1298016 |issn=0140-2382 |hdl=11250/2588036 |s2cid=157213679 |hdl-access=free}}</ref>

== Historical composition of the Storting ==
=== Norway parliamentary election (since 1921 - proportional election) ===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="border:solid #000000 1px;font-size:95%;"
|-
| colspan="2" |
{| width="100%" style="font-size:90%;"
| width="40" |
|{{legend|#990000|[[Communist Party of Norway|NKP]]}}
|{{legend|#E73445|[[Red Party (Norway)|R/RV]]}}
|{{legend|#BC2149|[[Socialist People's Party (Norway)|SF]]}}
|{{legend|#B5317C|[[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|SV]]}}
|{{legend|#FFB4CD|[[Future for Finnmark|FfF]]}}
|{{legend|#E31836|[[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]}}
|{{legend|#FF5050|[[Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway|SD]]}}
|{{legend|#5D961C|[[Green Party (Norway)|MDG]]}}
|{{legend|#FFCC66|[[Society Party (Norway, 1930s)|Sfp]]}}
|{{legend|#008542|[[Centre Party (Norway)|B/Sp]]}}
|{{legend|#CC00FF|[[Liberal People's Party (Norway, 1972)|DNF]]}}
|{{legend|#59A421|[[Radical People's Party (Norway)|RF]]}}
|{{legend|#F69465|[[Patient Focus (Norway)|PF]]}}
|{{legend|#116468|[[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]}}
|{{legend|#FEC11E|[[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|KrF]]}}
|{{legend|#87ADD7|[[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]}}
|{{legend|#808080|[[Free-minded Liberal Party|FV]]}}
|{{legend|#024C93|[[Progress Party (Norway)|ALp/FrP]]}}
|{{legend|#AAAAAA|[[Non-Partisan Deputies|TVF]]}}
|{{legend|#00AD8E|[[Coastal Party|KP]]}}
|}
|-
| width="40" | [[1921 Norwegian parliamentary election|1921]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 19.33%"| 29
| style="background-color: #FF5050;                                            width:  5.33%"|  8
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width: 11.33%"| 17
| style="background-color: #59A421;                                            width:  1.33%"|  2
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width: 24.67%"| 37
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 28.00%" | 42
| style="background-color: #808080;                                            width: 10.00%" | 15
|}
|-
| [[1924 Norwegian parliamentary election|1924]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #990000;                                            width:  4.00%"|  6
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 16.00%"| 24
| style="background-color: #FF5050;                                            width:  5.33%"|  8
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width: 14.67%"| 22
| style="background-color: #59A421;                                            width:  1.33%"|  2
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width: 22.67%"| 34
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 28.67%" | 43
| style="background-color: #808080;                                            width:  7.33%" | 11
|}
|-
| [[1927 Norwegian parliamentary election|1927]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #990000;                                            width:  2.00%"|  3
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 39.33%"| 59
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width: 17.33%"| 26
| style="background-color: #59A421;                                            width:  0.67%"|  1
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width: 20.00%"| 30
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 19.33%" | 29
| style="background-color: #808080;                                            width:  1.33%" |  2
|}
|-
| [[1930 Norwegian parliamentary election|1930]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 31.33%"| 47
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width: 16.67%"| 25
| style="background-color: #59A421;                                            width:  0.67%"|  1
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width: 22.00%"| 33
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 26.00%" | 39
| style="background-color: #808080;                                            width:  3.33%" |  5
|}
|-
| [[1933 Norwegian parliamentary election|1933]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 46.00%"| 69
| style="background-color: #FFCC66;                                            width:  0.67%"|  1
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width: 15.33%"| 23
| style="background-color: #59A421;                                            width:  0.67%"|  1
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width: 16.00%"| 24
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  0.67%"|  1
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 20.00%" | 30
| style="background-color: #808080;                                            width:  0.67%" |  1
|}
|-
| [[1936 Norwegian parliamentary election|1936]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 46.67%"| 70
| style="background-color: #FFCC66;                                            width:  0.67%"|  1
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width: 12.00%"| 18
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width: 15.33%"| 23
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  1.33%"|  2
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 24.00%"| 36
|}
|-
| [[1945 Norwegian parliamentary election|1945]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #990000;                                            width:  7.33%"| 11
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 50.67%"| 76
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width:  6.67%"| 10
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width: 13.33%"| 20
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  5.33%"|  8
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 16.67%"| 25
|}
|-
| [[1949 Norwegian parliamentary election|1949]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 56.67%"| 85
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width:  8.00%"| 12
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width: 14.00%"| 21
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  6.00%"|  9
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 15.33%"| 23
|}
|-
| [[1953 Norwegian parliamentary election|1953]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #990000;                                            width:  2.00%"|  3
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 51.34%"| 77
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width:  9.33%"| 14
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width: 10.00%"| 15
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  9.33%"| 14
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 18.00%"| 27
|}
|-
| [[1957 Norwegian parliamentary election|1957]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #990000;                                            width:  0.67%"|  1
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 52.00%"| 78
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width: 10.00%"| 15
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width: 10.00%"| 15
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  8.00%"| 12
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 19.33%"| 29
|}
|-
| [[1961 Norwegian parliamentary election|1961]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #BC2149;                                            width:  1.33%"|  2
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 49.34%"| 74
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width: 10.67%"| 16
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width:  9.33%"| 14
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width: 10.00%"| 15
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 19.33%"| 29
|}
|-
| [[1965 Norwegian parliamentary election|1965]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #BC2149;                                            width:  1.33%"|  2
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 45.33%"| 68
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width: 12.00%"| 18
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width: 12.00%"| 18
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  8.67%"| 13
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 20.67%"| 31
|}
|-
| [[1969 Norwegian parliamentary election|1969]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 49.34%"| 74
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width: 13.33%"| 20
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width:  8.67%"| 13
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  9.33%"| 14
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 19.33%"| 29
|}
|-
| [[1973 Norwegian parliamentary election|1973]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #B5317C;                                            width: 10.32%"| 16
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 40.00%"| 62
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width: 13.55%"| 21
| style="background-color: #CC00FF;                                            width:  0.65%"|  1
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width:  1.29%"|  2
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width: 12.90%"| 20
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 18.71%"| 29
| style="background-color: #024C93;                                            width:  2.58%"|  4
|}
|-
| [[1977 Norwegian parliamentary election|1977]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #B5317C;                                            width:  1.30%"|  2
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 49.03%"| 76
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width:  7.74%"| 12
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width:  1.29%"|  2
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width: 14.19%"| 22
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 26.45%"| 41
|}
|-
| [[1981 Norwegian parliamentary election|1981]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #B5317C;                                            width:  2.58%"|  4
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 42.58%"| 66
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width:  7.10%"| 11
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width:  1.29%"|  2
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  9.68%"| 15
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 34.19%"| 53
| style="background-color: #024C93;                                            width:  2.58%"|  4
|}
|-
| [[1985 Norwegian parliamentary election|1985]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #B5317C;                                            width:  3.82%"|  6
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 45.22%"| 71
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width:  7.64%"| 12
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width: 10.19%"| 16
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 31.85%"| 50
| style="background-color: #024C93;                                            width:  1.28%"|  2
|}
|-
| [[1989 Norwegian parliamentary election|1989]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #B5317C;                                            width: 10.30%"| 17
| style="background-color: #FFB4CD;                                            width:  0.61%" |  1
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 38.18%" | 63
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width:  6.67%"| 11
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  8.48%"| 14
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 22.42%"| 37
| style="background-color: #024C93;                                            width: 13.33%"| 22
|}
|-
| [[1993 Norwegian parliamentary election|1993]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E73445;                                            width:  0.61%"| 1
| style="background-color: #B5317C;                                            width:  7.88%"| 13
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 40.60%"| 67
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width: 19.39%"| 32
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width:  0.61%"|  1
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  7.88%"| 13
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 16.97%"| 28
| style="background-color: #024C93;                                            width:  6.06%"| 10
|}
|-
| [[1997 Norwegian parliamentary election|1997]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #B5317C;                                            width:  5.45%"|  9
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 39.39%"| 65
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width:  6.67%"| 11
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width:  3.64%"|  6
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width: 15.15%"| 25
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 13.94%"| 23
| style="background-color: #024C93;                                            width: 15.15%"| 25
| style="background-color: #AAAAAA;                                            width:  0.61%"|  1
|}
|-
| [[2001 Norwegian parliamentary election|2001]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #B5317C;                                            width: 13.94%"| 23
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 26.06%"| 43
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width:  6.06%"| 10
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width:  1.21%"|  2
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width: 13.33%"| 22
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 23.03%"| 38
| style="background-color: #024C93;                                            width: 15.76%"| 26
| style="background-color: #00AD8E;                                            width:  0.61%"|  1
|}
|-
| [[2005 Norwegian parliamentary election|2005]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #B5317C;                                            width:  8.88%"| 15
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 36.09%"| 61
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width:  6.51%"| 11
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width:  5.92%"| 10
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  6.51%"| 11
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 13.61%"| 23
| style="background-color: #024C93;                                            width: 22.48%"| 38
|}
|-
| [[2009 Norwegian parliamentary election|2009]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #B5317C;                                            width:  6.51%"| 11
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 37.87%"| 64
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width:  6.51%"| 11
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width:  1.18%"|  2
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  5.92%"| 10
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 17.75%"| 30
| style="background-color: #024C93;                                            width: 24.26%"| 41
|}
|-
| [[2013 Norwegian parliamentary election|2013]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #B5317C;                                            width:  4.14%"|  7
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 32.54%"| 55
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width:  5.92%"| 10
| style="background-color: #5D961C;                                            width:  0.59%"|  1
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width:  5.33%"|  9
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  5.92%"| 10
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 28.40%"| 48
| style="background-color: #024C93;                                            width: 17.16%"| 29
|}
|-
| [[2017 Norwegian parliamentary election|2017]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E73445;                                            width:  0.59%"|  1
| style="background-color: #B5317C;                                            width:  6.51%"| 11
| style="background-color: #E31836;                                            width: 29.00%"| 49
| style="background-color: #5D961C;                                            width:  0.59%"|  1
| style="background-color: #008542;                                            width: 11.24%"| 19
| style="background-color: #116468;                                            width:  4.73%"|  8
| style="background-color: #FEC11E;                                            width:  4.73%"|  8
| style="background-color: #87ADD7;                                            width: 26.63%"| 45
| style="background-color: #024C93;                                            width: 15.98%"| 27
|}
|-
| [[2021 Norwegian parliamentary election|2021]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E73445;                                            width:  4.73%"|  8
| style="background-color: #B5317C;                                            width:  7.69%"| 13
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==Members==
{{For|the current list of members|List of members of the Parliament of Norway, 2021–2025}}
The parliament has 169 members. If a member of parliament cannot serve (for instance because he or she is a member of the cabinet), a deputy representative serves instead. The deputy is the candidate from the same party who was listed on the ballot immediately behind the candidates who were elected in the last election.
{{for|deputy members|List of deputy members of the Storting}}

In the [[plenary chamber]], the seats are laid out in a [[hemicycle]]. Seats for cabinet members in attendance are provided on the first row, behind them the members of parliament are seated according to county, not party group. Viewed from the president's chair, Aust-Agder's representatives are seated near the front, furthest to the left, while the last members (Østfold) are seated furthest to the right and at the back.<ref>[http://www.stortinget.no/no/Stortinget-og-demokratiet/Representantene/Plasseringen-i-stortingssalen/ Plasseringen i stortingssalen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527131219/http://stortinget.no/no/Stortinget-og-demokratiet/Representantene/Plasseringen-i-stortingssalen/ |date=27 May 2012 }} {{in lang|no}} Stortinget.no, a map of seating by county is also [https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/salplassering/ available] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052116/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/salplassering/ |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>

===1980s–present===
*[[List of members of the Parliament of Norway, 1981–1985]]
*[[List of members of the Parliament of Norway, 1985–1989]]
*[[List of members of the Parliament of Norway, 1989–1993]]
*[[List of members of the Parliament of Norway, 1993–1997]]
*[[List of members of the Parliament of Norway, 1997–2001]]
*[[List of members of the Parliament of Norway, 2001–2005]]
*[[List of members of the Parliament of Norway, 2005–2009]]
*[[List of members of the Parliament of Norway, 2009–2013]]
*[[List of members of the Parliament of Norway, 2013–2017]]
*[[List of members of the Parliament of Norway, 2017–2021]]
*[[List of members of the Parliament of Norway, 2021–2025]]

==Code of conduct==
[[Unparliamentary language]] includes: [[one-night stand]], [[smoke screen]] government, pure nonsense, [[Molbo]] politics, may God forbid, lie, and "''som fanden leser Bibelen''".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/02/28/kultur/lederbloggen/meninger/reservasjonsretten/32077517/ |title=Dustepolitikk |date=28 February 2014 |access-date=28 February 2014 |archive-date=21 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421083318/http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/02/28/kultur/lederbloggen/meninger/reservasjonsretten/32077517/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Building==
{{Main|Storting building}}
[[File:Stortinget, Oslo, Norway (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Stortinget Building]]
Since 5 March 1866, parliament has met in the Parliament of Norway Building at Karl Johans gate 22 in Oslo. The building was designed by the Swedish architect [[Emil Victor Langlet]] and is built in yellow brick with details and basement in light gray granite. It is a combination of several styles, including inspirations from France and Italy. Parliament do also include offices and meeting rooms in the nearby buildings, since the Parliament building is too small to hold all the current staff of the legislature. The buildings in Akersgata 18, Prinsens Gate 26, Akersgata 21, Tollbugata 31 and Nedre Vollgate 18 also contains parliamentary staff and members of Parliament.

==See also==
*[[List of presidents of the Storting]]
*[[Norwegian Social Security scandal]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.stortinget.no/en}} (in English)
*[https://www.dagsavisen.no/oslo/ekspert-om-opplysningsplikten-slik-er-reglene-for-hva-statsrader-ma-fortelle-i-stortinget-1.1804077 Ekspert om opplysningsplikten: Slik er reglene for hva statsråder må fortelle i Stortinget] [expert about ''opplysningsplikten'' (or obligation to disclose): Such are the rules for ministers, in regard to what (they) must tell Stortinget] (20 November 2020) [[Dagsavisen]]

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