Storting - Parliament of Norway, Parliament of Norway Building, Israels Venner P Stortinget, Office of the Auditor General of Norway (Paperback)

Chapters: Parliament of Norway, Parliament of Norway Building, Israels Venner P Stortinget, Office of the Auditor General of Norway, Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee, Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman for the Armed Forces, List of Presidents of the Storting, List of Presidents of the Odelsting, Palestinas Venner P Stortinget, List of Presidents of the Lagting, European Committee, Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, Nrk Stortinget, Preparatory Credentials Committee, Election Committee. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 50. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This article is part of the series: Politics and government ofNorway The Storting is the supreme legislature of Norway, located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members, and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation in nineteen plural member constituencies. The assembly is led by a presidium of a president and five vice presidents; since 2009 Dag Terje Andersen has been president. The members are allocated to twelve standing committees, as well as four procedural committees. Almost all public agencies of Norway are subordinate to the government, but three ombudsmen, the Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee and the Office of the Auditor General are directly subordinate to parliament. Parliament was established by the Constitution of Norway in 1814 and has since 1866 met in the Parliament of Norway Building, designed by Emil Victor Langlet. Parliamentarianism was established in 1884, and until 2009 the parliament was a qualified unicameralism with two chambers: the Lagting and the Odelsting. Following the 2009 election, seven parties are represented in parliament: the Labour Party (64 representatives), the Progress Party (41), the Conservativ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=172897