Einar H. Dyvik
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Stortingsvalg - Parliamentary election in Norway 2021 - Statistics & Facts
The Norwegian parliamentary election in 2021 was held on September 12 and 13, 2021. It was won by the Labour Party in terms of share of votes and number of mandates, whereas the Centre Party grew most from the last election. The Labour Party, the Centre Party, and the Socialist Left Party will form a new government under the leadership of Labour leader Jonas Gahr Støre, who will be the next Prime Minister of Norway. He will replace the center-right government led by Erna Solberg of the Conservative Party, who led the country over the last eight years, which makes her the longest-serving Conservative Prime Minister in the history of Norway. Her party was the senior partner in a coalition government with the Christian Party and the Liberal Party. In the 2021 election, the Christian Party fell under the electoral threshold for the first time since World War II. Initially, the Progress Party was also a part of the coalition, but the party decided to leave the government in January 2020, following a disagreement over the repatriation of women with connections to the Islamic State.
