Parliament of Norway

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The Parliament of Norway is the country’s supreme legislative body, responsible for making national laws, overseeing the government, and appointing the committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf national parliament
public authority
unicameral legislature
appoints Norwegian Nobel Committee
architecturalStyleOfBuilding Neo-Romanesque
awards Nobel Peace Prize (indirectly through the Norwegian Nobel Committee)
bicameralToUnicameralReformDate 2009
branchOf legislative branch of Norway
buildingAddress Karl Johans gate, Oslo
buildingInaugurationDate 1866
capital Oslo
constitutionalStatus supreme legislature of Norway
country Norway
createdBy Constitution of Norway
electionInterval every 4 years
foundationDate 1814
function amends the Constitution of Norway
approves the national budget
can pass a vote of no confidence in the government
elects members of the Nobel Committee
enacts national legislation
oversees the government
ratifies international treaties
scrutinizes public administration
hasAuthorityOver Government of Norway
headOfGovernmentOversight Prime Minister of Norway
headquartersLocation Oslo
jurisdiction Norway
languageOfProceedings Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
lastElectionDate 2021-09-13
legislativeBodyOf Kingdom of Norway
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
meetingPlace Storting building
nativeLabel Stortinget
nativeLanguage Norwegian
nextElectionDue 2025
numberOfMembers 169
officialName Stortinget
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Storting
previousChamber Lagting
Odelsting
previousStructure bicameral legislature
roleInNobelPrize appoints the committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize
seats 169
shortName Storting
termLength 4 years
votingSystem open list
party-list proportional representation
website https://www.stortinget.no

Referenced by (49)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Einar Gerhardsen ("Storting")
Fredrik Meltzer
Thorbjørn Jagland ("Storting")
memberOf
Lagting ("Storting")
Lagting
Odelsting ("Storting")
partOf
Norges Bank ("Storting (Parliament of Norway)")
Norwegian ministries ("Storting (Parliament of Norway)")
Prime Minister of Norway ("Storting")
reportsTo
Ap
Ap ("Stortinget")
Norwegian Labour Party ("Storting")
representedIn
Norwegian Nobel Committee
Norwegian Nobel Committee ("Storting")
appointedBy
Oslo County ("Norwegian Parliament (Storting)")
Sentrum ("Stortinget")
contains
Norges Bank
Norwegian Nobel Committee
foundedBy
Norwegian coalition governments ("Storting")
Rigmor Aasrud ("Storting")
legislativeBody
Lagting ("unicameral Storting")
Odelsting ("unicameral Storting")
replacedBy
Council of State (Norway)
Prime Minister of Norway ("Storting")
responsibleTo
Government of Norway
accountableTo
Constitution of Norway ("Storting")
amendableBy
Karl Johans gate ("Stortinget (Parliament of Norway)")
connectsWith
Haakon VII of Norway ("Norwegian Parliament")
electedBy
Constitution of Norway ("Storting")
establishesLegislature
Odelsting ("Norwegian MPs (Storting representatives)")
hadMembers
Sweden–Norway union ("Storting")
hasParliament
Karl Johans gate ("Stortinget (Parliament of Norway)")
hasPart
Oslo
isSeatOf
Norway ("Storting")
legislature
Parliament of Norway ("Stortinget")
nativeLabel
Regjeringskvartalet ("Stortinget (Parliament of Norway)")
nearby
Storting building ("Storting")
occupant
Tonje Brenna
officeContested
Parliament of Norway ("Stortinget")
officialName
DNA ("Storting")
operatesIn
Jonas Gahr Støre ("Storting")
parliamentaryBody
Odelsting ("Stortinget")
parliamentName
Karl Johans gate ("Stortinget (Parliament of Norway)")
passesBy
Council of State (Norway) ("Storting")
relatedBody
Kongen i statsråd ("Storting")
relatedConcept
Nobel Peace Prize
selectionBodyAppointedBy
Parliament of Norway ("Storting")
shortName
Royal Coat of Arms of Norway ("Storting")
usedBy
Jonas Gahr Støre ("Stortinget")
workLocation

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