Editing Politics of Norway (section)

==Legislative branch==

Norway has a unicameral parliament, the [[Storting]] ("Great Council"), with members elected by popular vote for a four-year term (during which it may not be dissolved) by [[proportional representation]] in multi-member [[constituency|constituencies]]. Voting rights are granted in the year a person turns 18.
[[Image:Storting Spring 2016.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Stortinget, Oslo]]
The Storting currently has 169 members (increased from 165, effective from the [[2005 Norwegian parliamentary election|elections of 12 September 2005]]). The members are elected from the 19 [[counties of Norway|counties]] for four-year terms according to a system of [[proportional representation]]. Until 2009, the Storting divided itself into two chambers, the ''[[Odelsting]]'' and the ''[[Lagting (Norway)|Lagting]]'' for the sole purpose of voting on legislation. Laws were proposed by the government through a member of the Council of State or by a member of the Odelsting and decided on by the Odelsting and Lagting, in case of repeated disagreement by the joint Storting. In practice, the Lagting rarely disagreed and mainly just [[Rubber stamp (politics)|rubber-stamped]] the Odelsting's decision. In February 2007, the Storting passed a constitutional amendment to repeal the division, which abolished the Lagting for the [[2009 Norwegian parliamentary election|2009 general election]], thereby establishing a fully [[unicameral]] system.<ref>{{cite news | title=Norway to have single chamber parliament | date=22 February 2007 | url =http://www.norden.org/en/news-and-events/news/norway-to-have-single-chamber-parliament| work =Norden | access-date = 5 September 2007 }}</ref>