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Prime Minister of Norway
Norges statsminister (Bokmål) Noregs statsminister (Nynorsk)
State coat of arms of Norway
Flag of Norway
Incumbent Jonas Gahr Støre since 14 October 2021
Executive branch of the Norwegian Government Office of the Prime Minister
Member of	Council of State
Reports to	The Storting
Residence	Statsministerboligen
Seat	Regjeringskvartalet, Oslo
Nominator	The previous prime minister
Appointer	Monarch of Norway on the advice of the previous prime minister or the president of the Storting
Term length	No fixed term Serves as long as the incumbent does not have the majority of the Storting against them.
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Norway
Inaugural holder	Peder Anker
Formation	17 May 1814
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister
Salary	annual: 1,735,682 NOK/US$ 168,023
Website	Prime Minister's Office

The prime minister of Norway (Norwegian: statsminister, which directly translates to "minister of state") is the head of government and chief executive of Norway. The prime minister and Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior government department heads) are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the monarch, to the Storting (Parliament of Norway), to their political party, and ultimately the electorate. In practice, since it is nearly impossible for a government to stay in office against the will of the Storting, the prime minister is primarily answerable to the Storting. The prime minister is almost always the leader of the majority party in the Storting, or the leader of the senior partner in the governing coalition.

Norway has a constitution, which was adopted on 17 May 1814. The position of prime minister is the result of legislation. Modern prime ministers have few statutory powers, but provided they can command the support of their parliamentary party, they can control both the legislature and the executive (the cabinet) and hence wield considerable de facto powers. As of 2021 the prime minister of Norway is Jonas Gahr Støre, of the Labour Party, replacing Erna Solberg of Conservative Party, who resigned in October 2021.

Unlike their counterparts in the rest of Europe, Norwegian prime ministers do not have the option of advising the king to dissolve the Storting and call a snap election. The constitution requires that the Storting serve out its full four-year term. If the prime minister loses the Storting's confidence, the prime minister must resign.

See also

• List of heads of government of Norway
• Regjeringskvartalet

References

1. "NORWAY'S STRUGGLE WITH HER KING" (PDF). The New York Times. 11 November 1882.

External links

• Government Official Homepage

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Prime ministers, 1873–1905	F. Stang Selmer Schweigaard Sverdrup E. Stang Steen E. Stang Hagerup Steen Blehr Hagerup
Prime ministers, 1905–1940	Michelsen Løvland Knudsen Konow Bratlie Knudsen Halvorsen Blehr Halvorsen Berge Mowinckel Lykke Hornsrud Mowinckel Kolstad Hundseid Mowinckel Nygaardsvold
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