Tag: elections
Church elections expect high turnout
While Norwegian politicians gear up for local elections across the country on September 11-12, another ballot will be taking place at the same time...
Labour support surges after attacks
The Norwegian Labour Party has received record levels of support in opinion polls taken during the week after the terrorist attacks on Oslo and...
Progress Party falls to new low
Norway's conservative Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp) continues to suffer in the polls in the run-up to local elections across the country this autumn, as...
Voter turnout jumps with new tally
Norwegian election officials continue to sort through results from last week's parliamentary voting and have come up with some surprising results: Voter turnout did...
Reflections on a Norwegian election
Expatriate musings
The voting is over, the counting is mostly done. Election Day, generally the only political event for which Norwegian reporters seem to dress...
Voters 'forgot' the environment
Many politicians thought that environmental issues would play a major role in the recent parliamentary election in Norway, but it appears voters forgot their...
Jens gets down to work
Norway's re-elected prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, rattled off a long list of tasks that now await him after he carried his Labour Party to...
How Norway's parties fared
Detailed counting of Monday's voting in the Norwegian parliamentary election continued into Wednesday, but it wasn't expected to affect results. The left-center government coalition...
Four more years with Jens
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg won a decisive victory for his Labour Party in Norway's parliamentary election, but has only a slim majority for the...
Voters stream to the polls
It's Election Day in Norway, with eligible voters in Norway taking part in what's been branded as the most exciting race in modern Norwegian...
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