Norway’s Ruling Party Holds On to Power After Elections

The progressive Labor Party keeps control in Oslo, while the populist Progress Party took its largest ever number of parliamentary seats.
Norway’s Ruling Party Holds On to Power After Elections
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere at the University Aula in Oslo, Norway, on Jan. 28, 2025. Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB/AFP via Getty Images
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Norway’s progressive Arbeiderpartiet (Labor Party) government won a second term in power as a minority government on Sept. 8, while the populist Fremskrittspartiet (Progress Party) won its largest ever share of the vote.

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere’s party and a quartet of smaller, progressive parties won 87 seats, more than the 85 required for a majority in the Storting (Norwegian Parliament), with 99 percent of ballots counted.

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