The Storting (Stortinget, literally "The Big Thing") is the Norwegian Parliament, and is located in the capital city Oslo. It sits in the Storting building which was completed in 1866 and was designed by the Swedish architect Emil Victor Langlet. This article is a list of rulers of Norway up until the present, including: The Norwegian kingdom (with the Faroe Islands) The Union with Iceland and Greenland (1262-1814) The Norwegian kingdom (with Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1262-1814) The Union of Sweden and Norway (1319-1343) The... Harald V, King of Norway (born February 21, 1937) is the monarch of Norway. ... This is a list of viceroys (visekonge), governors (Rigsstatholder), first ministers (førstestatsrÃ¥d) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway. ... Jens Stoltenberg (born March 16, 1959) is a Norwegian economist, leader (since 2002) of the Norwegian Labour Party and the current Prime Minister of Norway. ... The Red-Green Coalition is a coalition of Norwegian parties, formed by the Labour, the Socialist Left Party, and the Centre Party. ... This article lists political parties in Norway. ... This article is part of the Politics of Norway series. ... Results ¹A coalition of some members from the Socialist Peoples Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti), The Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti), and the Labour Party, which became the Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) in 1975. ... Results Categories: Elections in Norway | 1977 elections ... Results Categories: Elections in Norway | 1981 elections ... A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 9 September 1985. ... A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 11 September 1989. ... Results of the general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, held on September 13, 1993. ... A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 15 September 1997. ... A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 10 September 2001. ... Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 September 2005. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, Nynorsk: singular and plural fylke; until 1918 known as singular and plural- amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner - Nynorsk: kommunar). ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ... Norway supports international cooperation and the peaceful settlement of disputes, recognizing the need for maintaining a strong national defense through collective security. ... One of the most important and divisive issues in Norwegian political and economic debate since World War II has been the countrys relationship with the European Union. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... A thing or ting (Old Norse and Icelandic: þing; other modern Scandinavian: ting) was the governing assembly in Germanic societies, made up of the free men of the community and presided by lawspeakers. ... A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modelled after that of the United Kingdom. ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ...

History

The Storting's main building

The Storting in its present form was first constituted at Eidsvoll in 1814, although its origins can be traced back to the allting or common assemblies as early as the 9th century. The alltings were localised assemblies charged with discussing legal and political matters. These gradually were formalised so that the tings, or assemblies, grew into regionalised 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. ImageMetadata File history File links Nor_Storting. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Nor_Storting. ... Artists rendition of the Norwegian constitutional assembly in 1814 1814 was a pivotal year in Norwegian history. ... County Akershus Landscape Romerike Municipality NO-0237 Administrative centre Sundet Mayor (2005) Arild Sandahl (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 222 457 km² 385 km² 0. ... A thing or ting (Old Norse and Icelandic: þing; other modern Scandinavian: ting) was the governing assembly in Germanic societies, made up of the free men of the community and presided by lawspeakers. ...

As Norway became unified as a geopolitical entity in the 10th century the lagtings were established as superior regional assemblies. The archaic regional assemblies, the Frostating, the Gulating, the Eidsivating and the Borgarting were amalgamated and the corpus of law was setdown under the command of King Magnus Lagabøte during the mid 13th century. This jurisdiction remained significant until King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway proclaimed absolute monarchy in 1660; this was ratified by the passage of the King Act of 1665, and this became the constitution of the Union of Denmark and Norway and remained so until 1814 and the foundation of the Storting. Lagting, literally Law Ting, can refer to: Lagting - the parliament of Åland Lagting - the upper house of the parliament of Norway (semi bicameralism) Løgting - the parliament of the Faroe Islands This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... When Norway was united as a kingdom (900 - 1030 AD), the first lagtings were constituted as superior regional assemblies, Frostating being one of them. ... BÃ¥rd Breiviks monument erected at the Gulating When Norway was united as a kingdom (900 - 1030 AD), the first lagtings were constituted as superior regional assemblies, Gulating (Old Norse Gulaþing) being one of them. ... Eidsivating is both the name of one of the original Norwegian popular assemblies or tings and one of the present day law courts in Norway. ... Magnus Lagabøte (lit. ... King Frederick III Frederick III (March 28, 1609 – February 19, 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. ...

The number of seats in the Storting has varied: from 1882 there were 114 seats, from 1903 117, from 1906 123, from 1918 126, from 1921 150, from 1973 155, from 1985 157, from 1989 165 and from 2005 169 seats.

Qualified unicameralism

One of the lions outside Stortinget

The Storting is unicameral, but is divided into two departments in legislative matters. After elections the Storting elects a quarter of its membership to form the Lagting a sort of "upper house", with the remaining three quarters forming the Odelsting or "lower house". The division is also used on very rare occasions in cases of 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 here. Today, however, the composition of the Lagting closely follows that of the Odelsting so that there is very little that differentiates them, and the passage of a bill in the Lagting is mostly a formality. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1432x914, 232 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Storting ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1432x914, 232 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Storting ... Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber. ... Depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, then President of the United States, in 1868. ...

Bills are submitted by the Government to the Odelsting or by a member of the Odelsting (members of the Lagting may not propose legislation by themselves). A Standing Committee, with members from both the Odelsting and Lagting, then considers the bill,and in some cases hearings are held. If passed by the Odelsting, the bill is sent to the Lagting for review or revision. Most bills are passed unamended by the Lagting and are then sent directly to the King for assent. Today also royal assent is mostly a formality.

If the Lagting amends the Odelsting's decision, the bill is sent back to the Odelsting. If the Odelsting approves the Lagting's amendments, the bill is signed into law by the King. If it does not, then the bill returns to the Lagting. If the Lagting still proposes amendments, the bill is submitted a plenary session of the Storting. In order to be passed, the bill must then have the approval of a two-thirds majority of the plenary session. In all other cases a simple majority suffices.

Three days must pass between each time a department votes on a bill.

A proposal to amend the constitution and abolish the system of Odelsting and Lagting was introduced in 2004 and was passed by the Storting on February 20, 2007 (159–1 with nine absentees). It will take effect with the newly elected Storting in 2009.

In all other cases, such as taxes and appropriations, the Storting meets in plenary sessions. An appropriation bill or supply bill is a legislative motion which authorizes the government to spend money. ...

Presidium

Logo of Stortinget

The Storting's Presidium is chaired by the President of the Storting and consists of the Presidents and Vice Presidents of the Storting, the Lagting and the Odelsting. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Presidium or Praesidium (from Latin praesidium meaning protection or defense so plural presidia or praesidia) is the name for the executive committee of various legislative and organizational bodies. ...

The current members are:

• President of the Storting: Thorbjørn Jagland
• Vice President of the Storting: Carl I. Hagen
• President of the Lagting: Inge Lønning
• Vice President of the Lagting: Ola T. Lånke
• President of the Odelsting: Berit Brørby
• Vice President of the Odelsting: Olav Gunnar Ballo

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Last election result

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External link

• Stortinget – Official site

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