Editing Oslo (section)

==Politics and government==
{{Main|Politics and government of Oslo}}
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|+ Oslo City Council after 2023<ref name="x067">{{cite web | title=Valgresultat | website=Valgresultat | url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/oslo/oslo#seats | access-date=2024-11-23}}</ref>
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! Party !! Seats !! +/-
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| Conservative || 20 || +5 {{Increase}}
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| Labour || 11 || -1 {{Decrease}}
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| Green || 6 || -3 {{decrease}}
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| Socialist Left || 6 || 0 {{no change}}
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| Liberal || 6 || +2 {{increase}}
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| Progress || 4 || +1 {{increase}}
|-
| Red || 4 || 0 {{no change}}
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| Christian Democrats || 1 || 0 {{no change}}
|-
| Center (Partiet Sentrum) || 1 || +1 {{increase}}
|-
|'''Total'''||'''59'''
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Oslo is the capital of Norway, and as such is the seat of Norway's national government. Most government offices, including that of the [[Prime Minister of Norway|Prime Minister]], are gathered at ''Regjeringskvartalet'', a cluster of buildings close to the national Parliament, the [[Parliament of Norway|Storting]].

Constituting both a municipality and a county of Norway, the city of Oslo is represented in the Storting by twenty members of parliament. The [[Conservative Party of Norway|Conservative Party]] is the most represented party in Oslo with five members, the [[Norwegian Labour Party|Labour Party]] has four, the [[Liberal Party of Norway|Liberals]] and the [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]] have three each; the [[Green Party (Norway)|Green Party]], the [[Red Party (Norway)|Red Party]] have two each and the [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]] has one.<ref name="m595">{{cite web | title=Valgresultat | website=Valgresultat | url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2021/st/oslo#seats | access-date=2024-11-23}}</ref>

The combined municipality and county of Oslo has had a [[parliamentary system]] of government since 1986. The supreme authority of the city is the City Council (''Bystyret''), which has 59 seats. Representatives are popularly elected every four years. The city council has five [[standing committees]], each having its own areas of responsibility. 

===Recent elections===

The largest parties in the City Council after the 2015-elections were the Labour Party and the Conservatives, with 20 and 19 representatives respectively. After 2015, the [[Local government|city government]] was a coalition of the Labour Party, the Green Party and the Socialist Left. With support from the Red Party, the coalition maintained a workable majority in the city council. Following the local elections of 2019, the [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]] coalition remained in government until the 2023 local elections.

===2023 elections===
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After the Conservative Party's substantial gains in the 2023 election, they formed an alliance with the Liberal Party. With confidence and support from the Christian Democrats and the Progress Party, this alliance was able to form a government.<ref name="m595">{{cite web | title=Valgresultat | website=Valgresultat | url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2021/st/oslo#seats | access-date=2024-11-23}}</ref>

The [[Mayor of Oslo]] chairs the city council and is the highest ranking representative of the city. Because of Oslo's parliamentary system, its mayor fulfills different needs than that of many other cities. Therefore, one of the mayor's most important roles is that of the ceremonial head of the city and its public face, similar to that of the President of the Storting at the national level. The Mayor of Oslo is Anne Lindboe.<ref name="f643">{{cite web | title=Ordføreren | website=Oslo kommune | date=2015-01-09 | url=https://www.oslo.kommune.no/politikk/bystyret/ordforeren/ | language=no | access-date=2024-11-23}}</ref>

The [[Governing Mayor of Oslo]] is the head of the City government. The post was created with the implementation of parliamentarism in Oslo and is similar to the role of the prime minister at the national level. The governing mayor is [[Eirik Lae Solberg]].<ref name="m595">{{cite web | title=Valgresultat | website=Valgresultat | url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2021/st/oslo#seats | access-date=2024-11-23}}</ref>