Editing History of Norway (section)

==21st century==
[[File:President George W. Bush meets with Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of Norway in the Oval Office Friday, May 16, 2003.jpg|200px|thumb|Norwegian Prime Minister [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] met with U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] at the [[Oval Office]] in [[White House]], on 27 May 2003.]]The [[Norwegian Armed Forces]] shifted their focus from defending an invasion to being mobile for use in NATO operations abroad and participated in the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]] in 2001, [[Iraq War]] in 2003, and in the [[2011 Libyan Civil War|Libyan Civil War]] in 2011. They were also involved in the [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/fd/aktuelt/taler_artikler/politisk_ledelse/taler-og-artikler-av-statssekretar-roger/2011/fra-invasjonsforsvar-til-innsatsforsvar.html?id=660215 |title=Fra invasjonsforsvar til innsatsforsvar |last=Ingebrigtsen |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ingebrigtsen |publisher=[[Government.no]] |date=7 October 2011 |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-date=23 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123202143/http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/fd/aktuelt/taler_artikler/politisk_ledelse/taler-og-artikler-av-statssekretar-roger/2011/fra-invasjonsforsvar-til-innsatsforsvar.html?id=660215 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 December 2004 during a [[Christmas Day|Christmas holiday]] and [[Boxing Day]] celebration, more than 80 of [[Norwegians|Norwegian people]] in Thailand and the other part across the [[South Asia|South]] and Southeast Asia were among [[Countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|thousands of people killed]] by the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami]] off [[Sumatra]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tsunami victims remembered |url=https://www.newsinenglish.no/2014/12/28/tsunami-victims-remembered/ |work=www.newsinenglish.no |date=28 December 2014 |access-date=13 December 2021 |archive-date=13 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213072702/https://www.newsinenglish.no/2014/12/28/tsunami-victims-remembered/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[2011 Norway attacks|2011 attacks]] saw an attack on the [[Regjeringskvartalet|Government Headquarters]] in Oslo and [[Workers' Youth League (Norway)|Workers' Youth League]] camp at the island of [[Utøya]] by the Norwegian gunman [[Anders Behring Breivik]], killing 77 people.<ref>Thuesen: 444</ref> It was the worst ever gun massacre made by an individual.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Top 5 Worst Gun Massacres by an Individual |url=https://top5ofanything.com/list/db8a4490/Worst-Gun-Massacres-by-an-Individual |website=top5ofanything.com |access-date=26 February 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226154644/https://top5ofanything.com/list/db8a4490/Worst-Gun-Massacres-by-an-Individual |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the [[2013 Norwegian parliamentary election|2013 Storting elections]], voters ended eight years of Labor rule led by Prime Minister [[Jens Stoltenberg]]. A coalition of the [[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservative Party]] and the [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]], was elected. The transition came amid an economy in good condition, with low unemployment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Norway election: Conservative Erna Solberg triumphs |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24014551 |work=BBC News |date=10 September 2013 |access-date=30 August 2022 |archive-date=18 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018114640/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24014551 |url-status=live }}</ref> In Norwegian [[2017 Norwegian parliamentary election|parliamentary election 2017]] the center-right government of Prime Minister [[Erna Solberg]] won re-election.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-election-idUSKCN1BL0J3 |title=Norway's right-wing government wins re-election fought on oil, tax |newspaper=Reuters |date=12 September 2017 |last1=Dagenborg |first1=Henrik Stolen |access-date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=27 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527163130/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-election-idUSKCN1BL0J3 |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2018, the Liberal Party joined the government, the [[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democrats]] joined them in January 2019. The Progress Party left the coalition in January 2020, but it continued to support the government.<ref>{{cite news |title=Progress leaves Solberg's coalition |url=https://www.newsinenglish.no/2020/01/20/progress-leaves-solbergs-coalition/ |work=Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no |date=20 January 2020 |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503074514/https://www.newsinenglish.no/2020/01/20/progress-leaves-solbergs-coalition/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Norway's new center-left cabinet under Prime Minister [[Jonas Gahr Støre|Jonas Gahr Stoere]], the leader of Norway's center-left Labor Party, took office on 14 October 2021. He formed a minority coalition government with the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]], supported by the [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]]. The previous center-right government was ousted in the 13 Sep [[2021 Norwegian parliamentary election|election]] after two four-year terms.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2021-10-14/norways-prime-minister-present-his-new-government Norways Prime Minister present his government] US News {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026095923/https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2021-10-14/norways-prime-minister-present-his-new-government |date=26 October 2021 }}</ref>