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Storting

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Storting (stôr`tĭng), national parliament of Norway, dating from 1814. Its members are elected by direct universal suffrage for a four-year term, and representation is proportional. The Storting elects one fourth of its members to form the Lagting, or upper house, the remainder constituting the Odelsting or lower house, in which all bills must originate. Ministers may attend the Storting but may not vote.
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the Norwegian parliament. The Storting is elected every four years according to a system of proportional representation and by citizens who have reached the age of 20. It is headed by a president and vice-president, who with the presidents and vice-presidents of the Storting’s two houses, the Lagting and the Odelsting, form the presidential council. The Storting approves the state budget, grants loans and credit, passeslaws, ratifies international treaties, and exercises control over the government.
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That gives it a two-seat majority in the Storting, or parliament, after voters resisted the temptation presented by the right-wing opposition's promises of tax cuts and privatisations.
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The observers will also visit the Storting (parliament), Oslo Town Hall and follow the electoral campaign.
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This function has also been completely removed from the central bank's remit, even though providing crisis loans to the fishing industry was at the time a task that had been assigned to the central bank by the Storting (Norwegian parliament).
Jarle Bergo: a professional monetary policymaker steps down by Isachsen, Arne Jon / Economic Bulletin
 
 
 
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