Editing Storting (section)

===World War II===
On 27 June 1940 the presidium signed an appeal to King Haakon, seeking his abdication.<ref name=CavingEndo>{{cite news |title=Stortinget hvitvasker sin krigshistorie |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/Stortinget-hvitvasker-sin-krigshistorie-7500998.html#.UzA8j4VN-xo |newspaper=Aftenposten |date=14 March 2014 |author=Tor Bomann-Larsen |author-link=Tor Bomann-Larsen |access-date=24 March 2014 |archive-date=20 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320022742/http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/Stortinget-hvitvasker-sin-krigshistorie-7500998.html#.UzA8j4VN-xo |url-status=live }}</ref> (The presidium then consisted of the presidents and vice-presidents of parliament, [[Odelstinget]] and [[Lagtinget]].<ref name=Presidentskap>{{Cite web |url=http://snl.no/Stortingets_presidentskap |title=Stortingets presidentskap |access-date=24 March 2014 |archive-date=24 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324184753/http://snl.no/Stortingets_presidentskap |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ivar Lykke (politician)|Ivar Lykke]] stepped in (according to mandate) in place of the president in exile, [[C. J. Hambro]];<ref name=Lykke>{{Cite web |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Ivar_Lykke |title=Ivar Lykke |access-date=24 March 2014 |archive-date=24 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324184110/http://nbl.snl.no/Ivar_Lykke |url-status=live }}</ref> Lykke was one [of the six] who signed.<ref name="CavingEndo"/>)

In September 1940 the representatives were summoned to [[Oslo]], and voted in favour of the results of the negotiations between the presidium and the authorities of the German invaders.<ref name="CavingEndo"/> (92 voted for, and 53 voted against.)<ref name="CavingEndo"/> However, directives from [[Adolf Hitler]] resulted in the obstruction of "the agreement of cooperation between parliament and [the] occupation force".<ref name="CavingEndo"/>