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Norway Page |
Welcome to ElectionInfo.com's pages on Norway
Official Name: Kingdom of Norway
Capital: Oslo
Area: 323,900 square kilometres ( 125,058 square miles )
Major cities (Population)
Oslo 467,090 (1992 estimate)
Bergen 215,967 (1992 estimate)
Trondheim 140,718 (1993 estimate)
Population: 4,337,000 (1995 estimate)
Population growth rate: 0.5 per cent (1990-1995 average)
Type of government: Constitutional monarchy
Independence: 26 October 1905 (from Sweden)
Constitution: 17 May 1814, modified in 1884
Voting Rights: Universal at age 18
Government
Norway is a constitutional monarchy, but the monarch is largely a ceremonial head of state. Executive power is vested in the prime minister and a council of state. The Storting, (the Norwegian parliament) has 165 members elected to four-year terms. The Labour and Conservative parties, and more recently the Centre Party, dominate in parliament. The voting age is 18. Norway has 19 counties (fylker). In referendums, most recently in 1995, Norwegians have repeatedly rejected joining the European Union (EU). Norway is now the only western European country apart from Switzerland not in the EU.
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