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SYSTEM OF
NORWAY
Volume 1 / Issue 1
BACKGROUND
THE KING
Harold V of Norway
Since 1991
As Head of State, the King is
the unifying symbol of all
state authority. He opens
each new session of the
Storting; he presides over
meetings of the Council of
State and approves all
decisions made there; he is
the host when other Heads of
State make official visits to
Norway and himself makes
state visits to other countries
(How is Norway governed?).
Prime
Minister
of
Norway
Erna
Solberg
She is head
of the
government
and
appointed
by the
monarch
with the
approval of
the
Storting.
SOURCES
How is Norway governed? (n.d.). Retrieved April 04, 2016, from
https://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/the-government-at-work1/id85844/