{"id":139,"date":"2009-09-02T23:17:26","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T03:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=139"},"modified":"2009-09-02T23:17:26","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T03:17:26","slug":"regjering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/regjering\/","title":{"rendered":"Regjering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Goverment.\u00a0 I suppose it&#8217;s time that you learn about government in Norway.\u00a0 I think I found the longest description ever of the <strong>norsk regjering<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong>parliamentaristisk representativ demokratisk inskrenket monarki <\/strong>(parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy).\u00a0 What does that mean, you might ask?\u00a0 It means that executive power rests with the King (Kong Harald<strong>)<\/strong> and his council, the cabinet, which is led by the Prime Minister <strong>(statsministeren),<\/strong> Jens Stoltenberg.\u00a0 Legislative power is held by both <strong>regjeringen <\/strong>and <strong>Stortinget <\/strong>(the parliament), which is elected\u00a0within a\u00a0multi-party system.\u00a0 The Judiciary branch is\u00a0separate from the\u00a0legislative and the executive branches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As I have mentioned in previous posts, <strong>den norske grunnloven <\/strong>(the Norwegian Constitution) was signed at Eidsvoll in 1814.\u00a0 This document transformed the government from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.\u00a0 Although the signing of <strong>grunnloven <\/strong>in 1814 granted the people of Norway more <strong>frihet <\/strong>(freedom), Norway was in\u00a0a union with <strong>Sverige <\/strong>(Sweden) until 1905, at which point Norway became completely sovereign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Norway was one of the first countries in the world to allow women <strong>\u00e5 stemme <\/strong>(to vote).\u00a0 Universal suffrage became a law in 1913.\u00a0 In 1956, religious freedom was enacted,\u00a0which abolished\u00a0prohibition of\u00a0Jesuits.\u00a0 In general, Norway has been extremely progressive in terms of enacting socially liberal laws.\u00a0 Last year, Norway enacted a <strong>lov <\/strong>to allow homosexuals to marry, adopt, and exercise artificial insemination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Norway, the king (<strong>Kong Harald V, <\/strong>who has reigned since 1991) is for the most part simply a symbol of power.\u00a0 He does not hold the same power that Barack Obama does, for instance.\u00a0 Although <strong>grunnloven <\/strong>granted the king important power, the Council of State actually exercises this power.\u00a0 The reigning monarch convenes the Council of the State, which consists of the prime minister and his or her council.\u00a0 <strong>Stortinget <\/strong>(the parliament) must support the Council.\u00a0 Typically, the king asks the parliamentary party that has a majority to form the <strong>regjering.\u00a0 <\/strong>Since WWII, with the exception of non-Socialist <strong>regjeringer, <\/strong>most have been a coaltion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I often think to myself how well Norway seems to work.\u00a0 Universal health care, high average salary, healthy population, etc.\u00a0\u00a0Sometimes I forget how small of a country Norway really is and how much money Norway really has.\u00a0 There are some qualities that a country so large and diverse as the United States will experience great difficulty achieving.\u00a0\u00a0I certainly welcome any thoughts on this!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goverment.\u00a0 I suppose it&#8217;s time that you learn about government in Norway.\u00a0 I think I found the longest description ever of the norsk regjering:\u00a0 parliamentaristisk representativ demokratisk inskrenket monarki (parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy).\u00a0 What does that mean, you might ask?\u00a0 It means that executive power rests with the King (Kong Harald) and his 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