Government (Norway)
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     Long-form name:
         Kingdom of Norway
     Type:
         constitutional monarchy
     Capital:
         Oslo
     Administrative divisions:
         19 provinces (fylker, singular - fylke); Akershus, Aust-Agder, Buskerud,
         Finnmark, Hedmark, Hordaland, More og Romsdal, Nordland, Nord-Trondelag,
         Oppland, Oslo, OCstfold, Rogaland, Sogn og Fjordane, Sor-Trondelag,
         Telemark, Troms, Vest-Agder, Vestfold
     Independence:
         26 October 1905 (from Sweden)
     Constitution:
         17 May 1814, modified in 1884
     Dependent areas:
         Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard
     Legal system:
         mixture of customary law, civil law system, and common law traditions;
         Supreme Court renders advisory opinions to legislature when asked; accepts
         compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
     National holiday:
         Constitution Day, 17 May (1814)
     Executive branch:
         monarch, prime minister, State Council (cabinet)
     Legislative branch:
         unicameral Parliament (Storting) with an Upper Chamber (Lagting) and a Lower
         Chamber (Odelsting)
     Judicial branch:
         Supreme Court (Hoiesterett)
     Leaders:
       Chief of State:
         King HARALD V (since 17 January 1991); Heir Apparent Crown Prince HAAKON
         MAGNUS (born 20 July 1973)
       Head of Government:
         Prime Minister Gro Harlem BRUNDTLAND (since 3 November 1990)
     Political parties and leaders:
         Labor, Gro Harlem BRUNDTLAND; Conservative, Kaci Kullmann FIVE; Center
         Party, Anne Enger LAHNSTEIN; Christian People's, Kjell Magne BONDEVIK;
         Socialist Left, Erick SOLHEIM; Norwegian Communist, Kare Andre NILSEN;
         Progress, Carl I. HAGEN; Liberal, Odd Einar DORUM; Finnmark List, leader NA
     Suffrage:
         universal at age 18
     Elections:
       Storting:
         last held on 11 September 1989 (next to be held 6 September 1993); results -
         Labor 34.3%, Conservative 22.2%, Progress 13.0%, Socialist Left 10.1%,
         Christian People's 8.5%, Center Party 6.6%, Finnmark List 0.3%, other 5%;
         seats - (165 total) Labor 63, Conservative 37, Progress 22, Socialist Left
         17, Christian People's 14, Center Party 11, Finnmark List 1
     Communists:
         15,500 est.; 5,500 Norwegian Communist Party (NKP); 10,000 Workers Communist
         Party Marxist-Leninist (AKP-ML, pro-Chinese)
     Member of:
         AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, COCOM, CSCE, EBRD, ECE,
         EFTA, ESA, FAO, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IEA, IFAD,
         IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LORCS,
         MTCR, NACC, NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OECD, PCA, UN, UNAVEM, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
         UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIIMOG, UNMOGIP, UNTSO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, ZC