THE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM OF NORWAY

THE HISTORY:
The country of Norway is kind of
considered to be one of the younger countries compared
to the surrounding ones. According to the website,

Norway.org, it states that having been in union with

Denmark, then Sweden for several centuries, Norway
became an independent country again in 1905. This meant it was able to choose its own king, and elect its own
government. Norwegians today are a strong and patriotic people who are very proud of their country and its
achievements (1). Before this time, in 1814, Norway was obligated to join together with Sweden. This was because of
the Napoleonic wars that were going. On the 17th of May in 1814, Norway had created their constitution and their
parliament was appointed in the same year. Since Norway gained its independence, they formed a constitutional
monarchy, and later named prince Karl of Denmark as the constitutional monarch.

Legislative (Stortinget):
Stortinget is the central grounds for the decisions and debates among the Norwegian people. In the
Norwegian Government there is an election every four years that are held to elect 169 people into the
parliament. In the Stortinget there are four main functions. The first part is to pass, amend, and repeal
the legislation. The second part of the function includes adopting the Fiscal Budget in order to ascertain
annual state revenues. The third part is to act as a supervisor for the public and government. And the
fourth and last function of the parliament is to debate the issues of foreign policy and to supply the
guidelines and act as an authority to the state.

JUDICIAL GOVERNMENT:
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In Norway, the Supreme Court consists of the 17 judges and a chief of justice. There is a Conciliation
court that exists in order to attempt a settlement in less sever cases that comes in before they go to
court. In town there are courts and rural courts that can deal with both criminal and civil cases. There
are six courts of appeals which include: Borgating, Eidsivating, and Halogaland. The Industrial relations are
normally handled by either the Social Insurance Court or the Labor Disputes Court.

EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT:
In Norway, the Executice government is led by the Prime Ministers, which includes 20 ministers. The
most current Prime Minister is Erna Solgberg, who is pictured on the left. Erna has been in this position
since October of 2013 and has been the Leader of the Consercative Party since May of 2004. Harlod V is
appoints the government. Some of the main duties that the Norweigan governmeant is in charge of
include to act as the head of civil service and select people to serve in the bureacucracy. There are five
diffferent ministries that the government is divided up into: The Ministry of Culture and Church affairs,
Office fo the Prime Minister, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Agriculture and
Food.

POLITICAL PARTIES:
In parlament there are seven different parites that are
represented. These parties include Norweigan Labor Party,
Progress Party, Conservative Party, Socialist Left Party, and
Liberal Party. By having this many different large parties in
the country, it has been helpful and helps create better
functioning with each other that are involved within those
political parties even though aposing views may arise.