What Stortinget does

The Stortinget (the Storting) is Norway's supreme legislative body and constitutional parliament, established on May 17, 1814, at Eidsvoll alongside the Norwegian Constitution. It consists of 169 elected representatives serving four-year terms through proportional representation from 19 electoral districts, and exercises three principal functions: lawmaking, state budget approval and fiscal authority, and parliamentary control over the Government (regjeringen). Nine standing committees plus the European Committee (Europautvalget) handle the substantive legislative workload across policy domains including finance, health, defense, energy, and education.

The institution operates stortinget.no, a comprehensive digital service platform providing public access to parliamentary proceedings, legislative documents, representative biographies, voting records, committee activities, budget documents dating back to 1814, live Nett-TV webcasts, Radio Stortinget, and iCal calendar subscriptions for meetings and hearings. The Open Data Service (Stortingets datatjeneste) provides free structured database extracts on parliamentary case processing. The platform is structured as a multi-section public information portal rather than a commercial product suite.

Stortinget is a constitutional government institution, not a commercial enterprise. It is funded through the Norwegian state budget and has no revenue model, pricing, or shareholders. Its "customers" are the Norwegian public — citizens over 18 who vote in elections — along with political parties, the Norwegian Government (as the entity subject to parliamentary control), and international parliamentary partners. Distribution occurs through the official website, physical public gallery access at the parliamentary building, 169 elected representatives serving as direct constituency liaisons, and participation in eight interparliamentary delegations including the Nordic Council, NATO PA, OSCE PA, PACE, IPU, and EFTA/EEA bodies.

Name

Stortinget

Legal name

Stortinget

Website

https://stortinget.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1814

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

The Storting (Stortinget) is Norway's supreme legislative body, established in 1814 with the Norwegian Constitution. It consists of 169 elected representatives serving four-year terms from 19 electoral districts, exercising lawmaking, budgetary, and government oversight functions for Norwegian citizens.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oslo

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stortinget is Norway's supreme legislative body, responsible for enacting laws, approving the state budget, and exercising parliamentary control over the Government. It serves the Norwegian public through its official website (stortinget.no), which provides access to case records, committee proceedings, voting records, representative biographies, live webcasts, and historical parliamentary documents dating back to 1814. The institution also runs public education programs, open data services, and international parliamentary delegations for cooperation with Nordic, European, and global bodies.

Product overview

Stortinget.no is the official website of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget). It serves as a comprehensive digital information and service platform providing public access to parliamentary proceedings, legislative documents, representative information, voting records, committee activities, and media content. The site is structured as a multi-section portal rather than a commercial product portfolio, offering functionalities including case search, calendar scheduling, video streaming, and document retrieval. No distinct commercial product modules, SaaS offerings, or technology product lines were identified in the available source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stortinget.no (Official Website)
• Open Data Service (Stortingets datatjeneste)
• Nett-TV and Video Archive
• Radio Stortinget
• Parliamentary Calendar with iCal Subscription
• Public Education Portal (Undervisning.stortinget.no)
• Public Gallery (Publikumsgalleriet)
• EU/EØS Information Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple sessions per year with high-volume legislative output
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Nordic CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterparlamentarisk delegasjon for nordisk samarbeid. Regular cooperation with parliamentary delegations from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland on regional policy issues.
• European ParliamentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelegasjonen for forbindelser med Europaparlamentet. Formal parliamentary relations with the European Parliament.
• NATO Parliamentary AssemblycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNATOs parlamentarikerforsamling. Participation in NATO PA sessions for security and defense policy discussions.
• OSCE Parliamentary AssemblycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOSSEs parlamentarikerforsamling. Participation in OSSE PA for security cooperation and election observation.
• Council of Europe (PACE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuroparådets parlamentarikerforsamling. Participation in PACE sessions focusing on human rights and democracy.
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDen interparlamentariske union. Global parliamentary organization for diplomacy and cooperation among parliamentarians.
• EFTA and EEA Joint Parliamentary CommitteecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFelles parlamentarikardelegasjon til EFTA og EØS. Joint committee dealing with European Free Trade Association and European Economic Area matters.
• Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelegasjonen til det parlamentariske partnerskap Asia-Europa og ASEANs interparlamentariske forsamling.
• Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStorting oversees NBIM which manages Norway's Government Pension Fund Global ($2.1 trillion). Storting ordered NBIM to postpone ethics-related investment decisions pending committee review.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Swedish Riksdag: Sweden's unicameral national legislature — closest Nordic counterpart to Stortinget, with similar proportional-representation electoral system, four-year terms, and shared Nordic Council participation.
• Icelandic Althingi: Iceland's unicameral parliament and the world's oldest legislature — Nordic parliamentary peer, comparable in scale (~63 members) and directly linked via Nordic Council.
• Danish Folketing: Denmark's unicameral parliament — Nordic peer with directly comparable scale (~179 members), parliamentary tradition, and inter-parliamentary cooperation through the Nordic Council.
• Finnish Eduskunta: Finland's unicameral parliament (200 members) — Nordic peer sharing the same constitutional monarchy context and broad pattern of committee-based legislative work.

Broad incumbents

• UK Parliament: UK's bicameral legislature — broader incumbent parliamentary institution with extensive digital transparency platforms analogous to Stortinget.no, serving as a long-standing benchmark in Westminster-model governance.
• German Bundestag: Germany's federal lower house — a larger continental European parliamentary incumbent with comparable committee structure, public broadcasting, and digital information services analogous to those of Stortinget.
• French Assemblée nationale: France's lower house of parliament — another Western European legislative incumbent with comparable public-broadcasting and committee infrastructure.
• European Parliament: EU's directly elected legislative body — broader supranational parliamentary incumbent; Stortinget maintains a formal delegation for relations with it and cooperates on EEA-relevant legislation.
• United States Congress: The US federal legislature — included as the largest and most globally visible parliamentary benchmark; contrasts with Stortinget in scale and bicameral structure but shares the legislative, budgetary, and oversight functions.

Others

• Nordic Council: Inter-parliamentary body for Nordic cooperation, in which Stortinget is a core member; not a competitor but a strategic partner and platform for cross-Nordic legislative coordination.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Stortinget
• Facebookfacebook.com/stortinget
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stortinget
• Instagraminstagram.com/stortinget

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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