Storting

Or Stor·thing

[stawr-ting, stohr-]

noun

1. the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house Lagting, or Lagthing, comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house Odelsting, or Odelsthing, comprising the rest.

Storting

/ ˈstɔːtɪŋ /

noun

1. the parliament of Norway See also Lagting Odelsting

Word History and Origins

Origin of Storting¹

1825–35; from Norwegian, equivalent to stor “great” + ting “assembly, court”; cognate with thing ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of Storting¹

C19: Norwegian, from stor great + thing assembly

Example Sentences

In a country used to minority governments, Labour has a chance of forming a narrow two-seat majority in the 169-seat Storting, if it secures the support of four smaller parties on the centre left.

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To form a majority in the 169-seat Storting, a coalition needs 85 seats, and minority governments have long been common in Norway.

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The Storting, the Norwegian parliament, accepted the criticisms and "offered profound apologies" for the failures, allocating funding to a study of the impact of the disaster on the bereaved and survivors.

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The average age in the Storting is 46 and has remained so since the end of the 1990s, because while a record number of young people are joining, they are also working longer.

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But since she was elected to the Storting, there has been far less time for such activities.

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