13/09/2007 :: Status quo in Norway after local election on 10 September 2007. The conservative party (Høyre) keeps majority in Oslo, Norway’s capital, as well as in Bergen. The social democratic party (Arbeiderpartiet) still rules Trondheim. + More

Norway is divided into 19 counties and 434 municipalities (2003). The powers of the county and municipal councils for self-government have been delegated from the State, and are set out in legislation, not in the Constitution. The State ... + More