NorwayDemokrati 44 · Democracy and human rights

Can the government decide that there will be a new election to the Storting before the four years are over?

In the exam (Norwegian)

Kan regjeringen bestemme at det skal være nytt stortingsvalg før de fire årene er over?

  1. aYes, if the king and the prime minister agree on itJa, hvis kongen og statsministeren er enige om det
  2. bYes, if the government loses an important voteJa, hvis regjeringen taper en viktig avstemning
  3. cNo, the Storting sits for the whole four-year termNei, Stortinget sitter hele perioden på fire årCorrect answer

Why?

The Constitution (Grunnloven) says that the Storting is elected for four years. The Storting cannot be dissolved, so there is no new election in the middle of the term.

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Our own practice questions on the facts of the public social studies curriculum (the curriculum for adult immigrants and samfunnskunnskap.no). They are not the real test tasks, which are confidential and never published, and no text from samfunnskunnskap.no is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Norwegian. We are not affiliated with the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir).

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