Editing Politics of Norway (section)

===Cabinet 2005–2013===
A coalition between the [[Norwegian Labour Party|Labour Party]], [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]], and [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]], took over {{As of|2005|10|17|alt=from 17 October 2005}} after the [[2005 Norwegian parliamentary election|2005 general election]], where this coalition obtained a majority of 87 out of 169 seats in the [[Storting]]. [[Jens Stoltenberg]] became Prime Minister and formed a cabinet known as [[Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Centre-left bloc wins Norway poll |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4236744.stm |date=13 September 2005}}</ref>

This was a historical coalition in several aspects. It was the first time the Socialist Left sat in cabinet, the first time the Labour Party sat in a coalition government since the 1945 four-month post-war trans-party government (otherwise in government alone), and the first time the Centre Party sat in government along with socialist parties (otherwise in coalition with conservative and other centre parties).

In the [[2009 Norwegian parliamentary election|2009 general election]] the coalition parties kept the majority in the [[Storting]] by winning 86 out of 169 seats.<ref>Walter Gibbs: [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/world/europe/16norway.html Norway Keeps Leftists in Power] ''The New York Times'', 15 September 2009</ref> Stoltenberg's second cabinet thus continued. There have been several reshuffles in the cabinet during its existence.