Storting

The Storting, or Stortinget, ('the Great Assembly'), is the parliament of Norway, and is located in the capital city Oslo. It sits in the Storting Building which was completed in 1866 and was designed by the architect Emil Victor Langlet.

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The Storting in its present form was first constituted at Eidsvoll in 1814, although its origins can be traced back to the allting or common assemblies as early as the 9th century. The alltings were localised assemblies charged with discussing legal and political matters. These gradually were formalised so that the tings, or assemblies, grew into regionalised meetings and acquired backing and authority from the crown, even to the extent that on occasions they were instrumental in effecting change in the monarchy itself.

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