page_title: Politics of Norway
section_title: Political parties and elections
hierarchical_section_title: Politics of Norway / Political parties and elections
caption_attribution_description: English: Jens Stoltenberg, leader of the en:Norwegian Labour Party and also the 36th/38th Prime Minister of Norway.
context_page_description: The politics of Norway take place in the framework of a parliamentary, representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the Council of State, the cabinet, led by the Prime Minister of Norway. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the legislature, the Storting, elected within a multi-party system. The judiciary is independent of the executive branch and the legislature.
  The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Norway a "full democracy" in 2019. Reporters Without Borders ranked Norway 1st in the world in the 2019 Press Freedom Index. Freedom House's 2020 Freedom in the World report classified Norway as "free," scoring maximum points in the categories of "political rights" and "civil liberties".
  On March 19, 2020, the Norwegian parliament voted to give the enormous emergency powers to the government. While this is in effect, the government can change any law except for the constitution and human rights legislation. These emergency powers are due to expire in December 2020. During this period Norway is operating with a partially combined executive and legislative branch.
context_section_description: Elections are to be held every four years on the second Monday of September.
caption: Jens Stoltenberg (Labour) was Prime Minister of Norway 2005–2013.
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