Norway is soon expected to have a fairly accurate forecast of an election result.
A record number of early votes means that 1.6 million Norwegian votes have already been counted before the polling stations close at 9 pm, which means that it can go away when the counting of today's votes is to be completed.
Direct report · The election in Norway
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Victorious Labor Party
SVT's foreign reporter Carl Fridh Kleberg is on site at the Labor Party's vigil in Oslo.
All indications right now are that they will be the largest party when all the votes are counted.
- It points to the fact that it will be the Labor Party's leader Jonas Gahr Støre who will have to put on the government - forming hat and take over power.
Then the question is in which constellation, because there are several small parties that can imagine being part of that government, says Carl Fridh Kleberg in Rapport.
That would mean the end of Erna Solberg's eight-year tenure in power as a representative of the Conservatives.
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SVT · Fanny Svärd
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SVT News on site in Norway
The election will soon be decided and we will broadcast live from Oslo, where our foreign reporter Carl Fridh Kleberg and photographer Andreas Hult are right now.
The broadcast starts at 20.45, just before the election results are expected to be presented, and you can follow the broadcast here.
In addition to Carl Fridh Kleberg, Jon P Knudsen, who is a former police reporter for the regional newspaper Fädrelandsvennen, and Andreas Bågenholm, who is a political scientist and expert on the Norwegian electoral system, will also take part in the broadcast.
SVT · Adelina Storkaas
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The election issues that dominated
Norway's oil and gas industry has been debated extensively during the election campaign because it concerns both the climate and socio-economic issues.
The extraction of oil generates important jobs and large revenues, but also extensive emissions of greenhouse gases.
The debate has been about stepping down production and, if so, at what pace.
Centralization and the opportunity to live wherever you want in the country and still receive community service is an important issue.
Care and welfare are also issues that have been on the agenda.
SVT · Klara Stefansson · Reporter
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Who is the big favorite Jonas Gahr Støre?
Growing up on the fine western edge of Oslo in a wealthy family, there has never been any need for the 61-year-old who, if public opinion is correctly read, takes the biggest career life to date.
Jonas Gahr Støre
won the last party leader debate on television last Friday, according to polls and political analysts.
Already in the last parliamentary election in 2017, Jonas Gahr Støre had a whirlwind of victory.
But the Labor Party (AP) received only 24.7 percent support.
It was considered a failure then - now the result would be considered a clear success.
Jonas Gahr Støre has served as State Secretary and Chief of Staff to Jens Stoltenberg 2000–2001, after having been one of Gro Harlem Brundtland's closest employees for several years.
After the parliamentary elections in 2005, Jonas Gahr Støre became Minister of Foreign Affairs, a position he left in 2012 to become Minister of Health and Care Services.
In 2014, he became party leader for the AP.
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The Social Democrat Jonas Gahr Støre is the favorite to become Norway's next prime minister.
Photo: Javad Parsa / TT
SVT · Adelina Storkaas
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Analysis: It's not all about oil, not even in Norway
Of course, the climate issue steals the international spotlight when Norway goes to the polls with a change of government as an expected consequence.
But it's not all about oil and gas.
Just ask the fisherman Kurt.
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SVT · Adelina Storkaas
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The Norwegian opposition wants to invest further billions in culture
The Norwegian opposition party, the Labor Party, wants to invest billions in culture and promises to spend about one percent of the state budget on cultural activities if they win the election.
This corresponds to an increase of approximately SEK 2.3 billion per year. - Due to the corona pandemic, higher demands have been placed on cultural facilities.
Among other things for better ventilation and greater opportunity to keep distance.
As a result, the need for an increase is great, says NRK's editor Joakim Reigstad.
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SVT · Adelina Storkaas
1 tim19.27
The left is pulling away ahead of the elections in Norway and Germany
The parliamentary election in Norway is imminent and the left looks to be heading for a major victory.
And in Germany, where the election to the Bundestag is also taking place, the Social Democratic SPD is now on the rise.
Is there any reason to say that left winds are blowing across Europe? - Well, says political scientist Jonas Hinnfors to SVT News.
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SVT · Adelina Storkaas
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The gap between urban and rural issues is a hot topic ahead of the election in Norway
The relationship between big city and countryside has bubbled up as an important issue ahead of the election in Norway on Monday.
Many believe that centralization has gone too far, not least in the northernmost parts of the country where residents live closer to Svalbard's ice than the capital Oslo.
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SVT · Adelina Storkaas
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Oil strife can be decisive in the Norwegian election
On Monday, Norway goes to the polls.
The corona pandemic and economic divisions are difficult issues, but the greatest emphasis is placed on the climate and the oil that is so important to Norway.
The issue divides the political left, which could have consequences when a new government takes shape.
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SVT · Adelina Storkaas
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There is much to suggest a change of government in Norway
After eight years with a right-wing government under Erna Solberg's (Höyre) leadership, the opinion figures point to a change of power in Norway.
The left looks to take home the victory.
The focus now during election night will be the question of whether the Labor Party together with the Center Party and the Socialist Left will cross the border for their own majority in the Storting.
The Storting has 169 members and in order to form a majority government with three parties, 85 seats are thus required.
But the opposition is divided.
The Center Party has announced that it does not want to see Gahr Störe as prime minister but wants its own party leader to lead the country.
Nor do they want to rule with the Socialist Left Party.
Odds are that the Social Democrat Jonas Gahr Støre will succeed Erna Solberg as Prime Minister.
Photo: Javad Parsa / TT
SVT · Adelina Storkaas
SVT broadcasts live about the election in Norway starting at 20.45.