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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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The meeting concluded with a personal invitation from member Gro Sandigrad to next year's conference in Norway and to the pre-conference at the Stortinget, the national parliament of Norway.
IFLA's 70th World Library and Information Congress in Buenos Aires by Salonen, Ethel M.; Lau, Jesus; McPhail, Martha; Zeng, Marcia Lei; McGarry, Dorothy; Newman, Wilda; B / Information Outlook
In Norway, shelters, incest centres and crisis telephones for people who have experienced violence in the home are not legislatively required provisions, but depend on the budget in Stortinget (parliament) every year.
Living conditions of women who experience violence from their ... by Hutchinson, Gunn Strand; Weeks, Wendy / Australian Journal of Social Issues
 
 
 
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