The prime minister of Norway (, which directly translates to "minister of state") is the

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and

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Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The prime minister and Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior government department heads) are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the

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, to the Storting (Parliament of Norway), to their

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, and ultimately the electorate. In practice, since it is nearly impossible for a government to stay in office against the will of the Storting, the prime minister is primarily answerable to the Storting. The prime minister is almost always the leader of the majority party in the Storting, or the leader of the senior partner in the governing coalition. Norway has a

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, which was adopted on 17 May 1814. The position of prime minister is the result of legislation. Modern prime ministers have few statutory powers, but provided they can command the support of their parliamentary party. Prime ministers control both the legislature and the executive (the cabinet) and hence wield considerable ''de facto'' powers. the prime minister of Norway is

Jonas Gahr Støre Jonas Gahr Støre (; born 25 August 1960) is a Norwegian politician who has served as the prime minister of Norway since 2021. He has been Leader of the Labour Party since 2014. He served under Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg as Minister of ...

, of the Labour Party, replacing

Erna Solberg Erna Solberg (; born 24 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician and the current Leader of the Opposition. She served as the prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021, and has been the leader of the Conservative Party of Norway, Conservative Part ...

of Conservative Party, who resigned in October 2021. Unlike their counterparts in the rest of Europe, Norwegian prime ministers do not have the option of advising the king to dissolve the Storting and call a

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. The constitution requires that the Storting serve out its full four-year term. If the prime minister loses the Storting's confidence, they must resign.

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Government Official Homepage
{{Prime Minister 1873 establishments in Norway

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