Politics of Norway | |
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Polity type | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
Constitution | Constitution of Norway |
Legislative branch | |
Name | Storting |
Type | Unicameral |
Meeting place | Storting building |
Presiding officer | Masud Gharahkhani, President of the Storting |
Executive branch | |
Head of state | |
Title | Monarch |
Currently | Harald V |
Appointer | Hereditary |
Head of government | |
Title | Prime Minister |
Currently | Jonas Gahr Støre |
Appointer | Monarch |
Cabinet | |
Name | Council of State |
Current cabinet | Støre's Cabinet |
Leader | Prime Minister |
Appointer | Monarch |
Headquarters | Government Quarter |
Ministries | 17 |
Judicial branch | |
Name | Judiciary of Norway |
Supreme Court | |
Chief judge | Toril Marie Øie |
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Constitution |
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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 2022.[1][needs update] According to the V-Dem Democracy indices Norway was 2023 the second most electoral democratic country in the world.[2] Reporters Without Borders ranked Norway 1st in the world in the 2019 Press Freedom Index.[3] 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".[4]
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