Storting

The Storting (Norwegian: Stortinget [ˈstûːʈɪŋə]; lit. 'the Great Thing') is the unicameral legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation in nineteen multi-seat constituencies. A member of the Storting is known in Norwegian as a stortingsrepresentant (lit. 'Storting representative'). The assembly is led by a president and, since 2009, five vice presidents: the presidium. The members are allocated to twelve standing committees as well as four procedural committees. Three ombudsmen are directly subordinate to parliament: the Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee and the Office of the Auditor General. The Storting building in Oslo serves as the seat of the assembly. Parliamentarianism was established in 1884, with the Storting operating a form of "qualified unicameralism", in which it divided its membership into two internal chambers making Norway a de facto bicameral parliament, the Lagting and the Odelsting. Following a constitutional amendment in 2007, this was abolished, taking effect following the 2009 election. Following the 2025 election, nine parties are represented in parliament: the Labour Party (53), the Progress Party (47), the Conservative Party (24), the Centre Party (9), the Socialist Left Party (9), the Red Party (9), the Green Party (8), the Christian Democratic Party (7), and the Liberal Party (3). Since 2021, Masud Gharahkhani has been President of the Storting.