2. The kingdom of Norway
• Constitutional monarchy
and parliamentary
democracy
• King or Queen is head of
state
• No political power
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3. • Prime Minister is political
leader
• Jens Stoltenberg (2005 - )
• Political parties
• Eight bigger parties
• Seven of which has
representatives in Parliament
• Three of those have formed
the Red-Green Coalition
government
• Largest is the Norwegian
4. • E l e c t i o n s
• G e n e r a l e l e c t i o n h e l d e v e r y f o u r t h y e a r
• A l s o h e l d a t t h e s a m e t i m e i s e l e c t i o n f o r S á m i P a r l i a m e n t
• E s t a b l i s h e d t o s e c u r e e q u a l t r e a t m e n t o f t h e S á m i p e o p l e , a n d t o m a k e
s u r e t h a t S á m i t r a d i t i o n a n d l a n d a r e n o t d e s t r o y e d o r w e a k e n e d
• N e x t e l e c t i o n i n 2 0 1 3
• L o c a l e l e c t i o n s ( C o u n t y a n d M u n i c i p a l C o u n c i l s ) h e l d e v e r y f o u r t h y e a r
• N e x t e l e c t i o n i n 2 0 1 1
• 1 9 c o u n t i e s
• 4 3 0 m u n i c i p a l i t i e s
5. • Monarchs
• Current king is HM King
Hararld V
• Heir to the throne is
HRH Crown Prince
Haakon Magnus
6. Typically Norwegian
● The typically Norwegian
person:
● Born with skies on our
legs.
● Bunad.
● Vikings.
●
17th of May, the
Norwegian national day.
8. General facts
● A country in North Europe.
● Language: Norwegian
● Valuate: Norwegian crones
● Total Area: 385, 252 square kilometres.
● 4.8 million people
● The capital: Oslo
● National day: 17. May
● Religion: Christian
9. Nature and climate
● Mountains, fjords and
forest.
● Galdhøppiggen 2469 m
above the sea level.
● Sognefjorden 204
kilometers.
● The climate
● Coastline and inland
● Temperature in January
and July
