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Posts: 280 05/14/08 15:22
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With the US elections coming up and or media swamped with the campaigning, I'm wondering how the Norwegian
government works. Anything anyone can teach me would be appreciated. Kerry |
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Posts: 20572 05/14/08 15:25 Moderator
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welll keree, you asked in the right place for sure......I know somthing about it, but i will let one of our Norwegians explain it since i know i'll screw
something up....
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Posts: 43124 05/14/08 16:06 Mosken
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You should get most of the information here: http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/The-Government-at-work.html?id=443781 According to the Constitution, which was adopted in 1814, Norway is a monarchy in which the power is divided between three branches: a legislative branch which is also responsible for appropriations, the Storting; (Which is the parliament) an executive branch, the Government; and a judicial branch, the courts.The Government is formed by the party/parties that have a majority of the seats in the Storting or constitute a minority capable of governing. Thus the Government is indirectly selected by the electorate. The biggest difference between the Norwegian and the American democracy, is our parliamentarism is a bit different. The parliament has a lot of power. If the government does something that the parliament totally disagree up on, the government may have to go including the Prime Minister. That is an instability that I don't think would work for a large nation and world power as the US. We also have more than 20 political parties. We don't have a dominating two block system like you have, we have more shades with real influence. I think the differences all comes down to the difference between being one of the largest countries in the world and just a tiny tiny small nation with only 5 million people. |
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Posts: 280 05/14/08 17:40
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Thank you Mosken, for the informative site. Twenty parties, compared to our two (plus our independent party and libertarian
party (small)) With twenty parties there is somewhere for just about everyone to feel like they fit. Interesting also, that the Prime Minister represents
three differnt parties (though he is a membor of the labour party himself).
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Posts: 43124 05/14/08 18:17 Mosken
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I'm glad you found something useful on that website. I forgot to say I important difference between the Norwegian and American system, is we elect the members of the parliament, not the prime minister. The parliament decide which party is going to be the government. Then I have replied to one of your last questions. Only seven political party's are represented at the parliament today. There are regulations deciding how many votes is necessary to get a representative. Our parliament website might be of interest: |
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Posts: 280 05/15/08 17:11
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Thank you Mosken for taking the time to share this info and the informative sites. I am enjoying learning about Norway's
government. The process of the people electing the Parliament and the Parliament choosing the party of the goverment, is very interesting. I'm looking forward to reading the Parliament web-site and learning more. |
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