(9 Sep 2025)
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Oslo – 9 September 2025
1. Wide of the Norwegian parliament
2. Close of the Norwegian flag
3. Various of people walking on street
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Schjetne, civil servant:
"I think it will be more challenging for Jonas (Norway’s Labor Party of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre). He’s actually had a lot of challenges for the last four years as well, but for the next four years I think the red block or the red-green block – as we say in Norway – they are quite heterogeneous. So he needs support to make his decisions, he needs support from actually both sides, and that can be challenging."
5. Wide of royal palace
6. People walking
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Hedda Håkegård, Oslo resident:
"I was more afraid of the discussion what should happen if it was Høyre (Conservative Party) or Fremskrittspartiet (Progress Party ) and who will… But now I’m … I think it’s like the same line almost."
8. Wide of city hall
9. People walking
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Marius Haaverstad, product developer:
"Of course, a lot of people voting FrP (Progress Party), for example, are focused on the financials, tax, regulatory stuff, and I think this government too is probably gonna do something about that because of the reactions. So that’s what I think."
11. People walking
12. Ship sailing
STORYLINE:
People on the streets of Norway’s capital said Tuesday they expect challenging years for the country’s Labor Party of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who claimed victory in the general election.
He gained most of the votes now counted after Monday’s election, with a narrow but clear win by the center-left block over the right-wing parties.
About 4.3 million people in the Scandinavian nation were eligible to vote for the new 169-member parliament, or Storting.
With almost all votes now counted, center-left parties have won just over the 85 seats needed to form a majority.
Final results are expected later Tuesday, and they are likely to be followed by weeks of negotiations to build a coalition and agree on Cabinet positions before King Harald can swear in a new government.
The decline of the Conservative Party and the rise of the right-wing populist Progress Party, which saw its best result ever in a national election, might force the government to address the financial and tax issues that were the core of the Progress Party’s energetic social media campaign, a 36-year-old product developer, Marius Haaverstad, told the Associated Press.
A 60-year-old civil servant, Tom Schjetne, expected a challenging four years for Støre, as he would need to seek support from small parties with different views on certain issues.
"They are quite heterogeneous," he added.
Monday’s result was never expected to have major implications for Norway’s foreign policy.
The country is a stalwart member of NATO and a strong supporter of Ukraine’s defense against Russia, with which it has a border in the Arctic north.
It isn’t a member of the European Union but has close economic ties with the 27-nation bloc.
AP video by Kostya Manenkov
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