Choice in Norway
Prime Minister Støre celebrates victory – right second strongest force
Updated on 09.09.2025 – 00:58 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
After the parliamentary election in Norway, the social democratic head of government Støre has the best prospects for a second term. But the right -wing populists increase the strongest.
In Norway, the social democratic workers’ party of the incumbent Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre emerged as the strongest force from the parliamentary election. According to the provisional end result of the electoral authority, Støre’s party received 28.2 percent of all votes. The 65-year-old, who has been prime minister since 2021, has a good chance of a second term-because in order to be able to rule, a party or coalition in Norway does not need a parliamentary majority.
The right -wing populist progress party recorded the greatest increase compared to the result in the parliamentary election 2021 (plus 12.3 percentage points) and became the second strongest force with 23.9 percent of the vote. The conservatives (Høyre) of the former Prime Minister Erna Solberg finished third with 14.6 percent, which is a loss of 5.7 percentage points compared to 2021.
According to the preliminary results, the five parties of the block on the left of the middle come together to 87 mandates in parliament. At 169 seats in the Norwegian stort engine, this means a narrow majority for you. All parties of the red-green camp had expressed their support for a government led by Støre in the election campaign.
Støre has been head of a minority government since 2021. This form of government is not unusual in Norway. In order to be able to rule effectively, it is sufficient if there is no majority in parliament against the prime minister’s projects. In view of the majority of the red-green warehouse, Støre may continue to hope for support for his politics in the future.
The composition of the Norwegian parliament is important for all of Europe. NATO-Land Norway is not a member of the EU, but is closely linked to it as a state of the European Economic Area (EEA). In addition, the Scandinavian country has been one of the most important energy suppliers in Europe since the Ukraine War.
Petroleum and natural gas production are the most important sources of intake in the wealthy country in the north- and at the same time its largest climate offices. Three of the parties from the red-green spectrum, on the support of which a possible Støre government could be dependent on parliament, no longer want to allow new oil and gas bores, unlike Støres AP, for example.
Around four million Norwegians were called for election. According to the Norwegian electoral authority from the late Monday evening, the turnout was 78.8 percent. The final election result will be expected in the coming days.
