Norway is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe, its capital Oslo. A hereditary monarch serves as head of state while an elected Prime Minister heads the government, and the unicameral Storting holds legislative power. Norway is governed under its constitution, in force since 1814.
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1. Freedom House: Norway (Freedom in the World 2025)
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Norway is one of the most robust democracies in the world.
2. Politics of Norway (Wikipedia)
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The politics of Norway takes place in the framework of a parliamentary, representative democratic constitutional monarchy.
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17 May 1814
Governed By: Jonas Gahr Store Government, Current cabinet section
On 14 October 2021, Jonas Gahr Store, the leader of Norway's center-left Labor Party, was sworn in as new Prime Minister.
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Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
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