What is the Government of Norway like and how does this affect the population?
The Monarch, like the UK is a figurehead and the real power rests with the Prime minister and the government. One major difference is that the make up is more akin to the American system than the British. There is an executive made up of the Prime minister and Government Ministers (regjering). These do not sit in the legislature (storting) which is the equivalent of parliament. There is also a Judicial branch (the courts) and these are again independent, unlike in the UK where they sit as part of the legislature. The government is selected by obtaining a majority in the Storting, or at least the support of the Storting, so unlike the US the government almost always has the support of the legislature, in this way it’s more like the UK. In general there tend to be coalition governments due to the electoral system which is based on proportional representation from the Fylker level (they’re the equivalent of the counties in the UK). The number of seats in each Fylke is based on the populat
