September 8, 2025

Red-green bloc secures majority as Conservatives collapse

Norway's Labour wins on Stoltenberg effect, Conservatives third

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Red-green bloc won 87 of 169 Storting seats on Sep. 8, 2025, surpassing 85-seat majority threshold.

Labour Party won 53 seats with 28 percent of vote, gaining 1.9 percentage points from 2021 election.

Progress Party achieved best-ever result with 47 seats and 23.8 percent, doubling support from 2021.

Conservative Party collapsed to 24 seats with 14.6 percent, falling to third place for first time since 2009.

Voter turnout reached 80.1 percent, highest since 1989, with 4.3 million Norwegians eligible to vote.

Jens Stoltenberg, former Prime Minister and NATO Secretary-General, returned as Finance Minister on Feb. 4, 2025, creating Stoltenberg effect that boosted Labour by 10 percentage points in polls.

Centre Party left governing coalition on Jan. 30, 2025 over EU energy policy disputes, ending 25-year pattern of center-left coalitions.

Campaign centered on cost of living, wealth tax, and Norwegian sovereign wealth fund investments in Israel.

Progress Party won young male voters with promises of tax cuts, immigration restrictions, and opposition to wealth tax.

All three small left parties (Greens, Socialist Left, Red) crossed 4 percent threshold needed for parliamentary representation.

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People, bills, and sources

Jonas Gahr Støre

Prime Minister and Labour Party Leader

Jens Stoltenberg

Finance Minister, Former Prime Minister, Former NATO Secretary-General

Sylvi Listhaug

Progress Party Leader

Erna Solberg

Conservative Party Leader, Former Prime Minister

Trygve Slagsvold Vedum

Centre Party Leader, Former Finance Minister

King Harald V

King of Norway

What you can do

Contact your local Storting representative using parliament.no contact portal to comment on coalition negotiations regarding wealth tax, energy policy, or sovereign fund investments before new government sworn in.

Attend public hearings on state budget proposal when released in Oct. 2025 by submitting testimony to Storting Finance Committee using their online submission form at stortinget.no.

File complaint with Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman if government policies violate citizens rights, using electronic form at sivilombudsmannen.no with documentation and specific statute citations.

Join citizen advocacy organizations like Nature and Youth or Grandparents Climate Action to lobby Storting on climate policy during coalition negotiations by attending their organizing meetings listed on their websites.