About the Storting

The most important powers of the Storting is...

... to pass new laws and amend or repeal the exisiting ones

... to adopt the Fiscal Budget, i.e. to fix the annual revenues (taxes, charges, etc.) and expenditures of the State

... to authorize plans and guidelines for the activities of the State through discussions of political issues of more general character (such as foreign policy), to take a stand on plans for reform, to approve major projects and so forth

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Last updated 27.08.2006