Parliament of Norway

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national parliament public authority unicameral legislature

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.

Aliases (8)

Storting ×21
Stortinget ×6
Stortinget (Parliament of Norway) ×4
Storting (Parliament of Norway) ×2
unicameral Storting ×2
Norwegian MPs (Storting representatives) ×1
Norwegian Parliament ×1
Norwegian Parliament (Storting) ×1

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