Norway
Parliament
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Masud
Gharahkhani
(Male)
Year of birth
1982
Additional information
Elected on 25 Nov. 2021.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Marianne
Andreassen
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Sworn in on 2 May 2018.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Åse Kristin Ask Bakke (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
77
Oldest member
Carl I. Hagen (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
0
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
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Totals per age interval | 0 | 23 | 35 | 18 | 25 | 45 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 76 | Total >= 46: 93 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
Female | 0 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Voluntary political party quotas.
Elections > Election results
Candidates
Total number of candidates
Total number of people who registered as candidates for election. Does not include people who stood as candidates to become "substitute members".
4,151
Notes
- The statistics above (4,151 candidates: 2,382 men and 1,769 women) refer to the actual number of people who ran for the 2021 elections.
- Candidates may run in more than one constituency in Norway.
- The list of candidates comprised a total of 5,174 names, which included 3,116 men and 2,051 women. Although the list did not indicate whether the remaining seven candidates were male or female, two were male and five were female according to Valgdirektoratet (Norwegian Directorate of Elections).
- Candidates may run in more than one constituency in Norway.
- The list of candidates comprised a total of 5,174 names, which included 3,116 men and 2,051 women. Although the list did not indicate whether the remaining seven candidates were male or female, two were male and five were female according to Valgdirektoratet (Norwegian Directorate of Elections).
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
1,769
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
42.62%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
1769
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
42.62%
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
93
Number of women elected
76
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
44.97%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
76
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
93
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
76
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Eva Kristin
Hansen
(Female)
Political party
Labour Party
Date of election
09.10.2021
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1905
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1911
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1993