Norway

Parliament

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Parliamentary system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Unicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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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.
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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.
93
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
76
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
44.97% See historical data for this field.

Age

Average age of all members Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
46.10
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
25
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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
76 See historical data for this field.
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
93 See historical data for this field.
Total per sex
Total of male
98 See historical data for this field.
Total of female
71 See historical data for this field.
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
23 See historical data for this field.
31-40
35 See historical data for this field.
41-45
18 See historical data for this field.
46-50
25 See historical data for this field.
51-60
45 See historical data for this field.
61-70
23 See historical data for this field.
71-80
0
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
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
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger13.61%8.28%5.33%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger34.32%20.71%13.61%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger44.97%26.04%18.93%

Reserved seats and quotas

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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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).
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