Office of the Prime Minister

The speech from the throne

When the Storting (the Parliament) assembles each year in October, it is constituted and then formally opened by the King.

Statement at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow

- Ladies and Gentlemen, Norway comes to Glasgow with one overriding ambition; helping keep the 1.5 degree target alive. This is existential. It is urgent. And it is possible – if we jointly step up our commitments. I commend those that have enhanced their targets. The new Norwegian government has done so. I urge all remaining countries, especially the large emitters, to follow suit, said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at the UN Climate Change conference in Glasgow.

Fields of responsibility in Jonas Gahr Støre’s government

Having been appointed by the King in a session of the Council of State at 10:00 am today, Jonas Gahr Støre’s government met for its first Council of State session at the Royal Palace at 12:00 noon. Here, the division of responsibilities between the members in the Government was decided.

• New state secretaries
• New political advisers