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The Storting (Norwegian: Stortinget "the great thing" or "the great assembly") is the supreme legislature of Norway. It was created in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members, and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation in nineteen constituencies.

A member of the Storting is known in Norwegian as a stortingsrepresentant, literally "Storting representative".

Images for kids

  • Stortinget Lagtinget 01

    Lagting Hall, which also serves as the meeting room for the Christian Democratic Party's parliamentary group. The Lagting was discontinued in 2009.

  • Spørretimen i Stortinget 22. november 2007

    Interpellation (spørretimen) being held inside the hemicycle of the building

  • Stemmeavlukket

    An election booth at the event of municipal and county voting, 2007.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Storting para niños

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