National
Prime Minister
- Norwegian Bokmål: Statsminister
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the King of Norway
- Exact method
- By constitutional convention (parliamentarism, Constitution Article 15): the King asks the leader best placed to command the Storting's confidence to form a government and formally appoints the Council of State (Article 12); the Government must resign if the Storting passes a motion of no confidence.
- Chosen by
- King of Norway
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
Jonas Gahr Støre Ap since October 2021
Report Source: wikidata.org,
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Sources
- lovdata.no · checked Lovdata, Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov, Article 12, read 2026-10-12: the King appoints the Council of State including the Prime Minister; selection set to appointed with selector King of Norway (office 56848) per world conventions section 3, convention described in selection_detail. For: Prime Minister
- data.stortinget.no · checked Stortinget, Open data API regjering (members of the government, XML v1.6), retrieved 2026-10-12: government office. For: Prime Minister
- data.stortinget.no · checked Stortinget, Open data API regjering (members of the government, XML v1.6), retrieved 2026-10-12: Government offices and holders. For: Prime Minister in Norwegian Bokmål
- wikidata.org · checked Wikidata Q10282 (Jonas Gahr Støre), position Prime Minister of Norway, start 2021-10-14, read 2026-10-12: start date. Fallback: Wikidata, because the Storting API gives no start dates. [verify:no 2026-10-12: URL corrected from Q10282 (Pamplona) to Q467948 (Jonas Gahr Støre).] For: Jonas Gahr Støre, current term
- data.stortinget.no · checked Stortinget, Open data API regjering (members of the government, XML v1.6), retrieved 2026-10-12: current government member and portfolio. For: Jonas Gahr Støre, current term