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Norwegian Directorate of Elections

Responsible for conducting elections at the national level

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  1. Public consultation

    Norway's Ministry of Local Government proposes amendments to election regulations – deadline 25 September 2026

    • Norway's Ministry of Local Government wants to change the rules governing elections. The proposal is open for public comment until 25 September 2026.
    ElectionsLegislation
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  2. News article

    Norwegian local and regional elections set for Monday 13 September 2027

    • The Norwegian government decided on 7 May 2026 that local and regional elections will take place on Monday 13 September 2027. Municipalities that choose to can also open polling stations on Sunday 12 September 2027.
    ElectionsMunicipalities
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  3. Report

    Election Directorate reports high trust and increased voter knowledge in 2025 parliamentary election through comprehensive survey

    • 87 % of voters trusted the election was conducted correctly, and more trusted the Election Directorate after the election.
    • The survey was done with over a thousand people before and nearly 1600 after the election for reliable results.
    Elections
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  4. News article

    Portal for submitting candidate lists for Norway's 2027 local elections is now open, with a deadline of 31 March 2027

    • Parties and groups that want to run in the 2027 elections can now access the portal to prepare, but they cannot submit their list until 2 January 2027.
    • The final deadline to submit a list is 31 March 2027 at noon — no submissions are accepted after that.
    Elections
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  5. Evaluation

    The 2025 Norwegian parliamentary and Sami Parliament elections ran smoothly, with municipalities satisfied with the Electoral Directorate's services

    • Four research and consulting firms were commissioned by the government ministry responsible for elections to review how the 2025 elections were run across Norway's municipalities and counties.
    • Their conclusion: the elections went well, and local authorities were happy with the support they received from the Electoral Directorate.
    ElectionsMunicipalitiesPublic administration
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  6. News article

    Norway's Ministry of Local Government accredits 119 election observers for the 2025 Storting election

    • 119 people from four organisations have been officially approved to monitor the election: Democracy Volunteers (31 people, mostly British), OSCE/ODIHR (3 people from Greece, the UK and Spain), EDDA (around 60 people, mostly Norwegian) and NORCAP (25 people from countries including Albania, Indonesia and Zimbabwe).
    • Every municipality and county in Norway must allow these observers in – this is a legal obligation. It covers advance voting, election day and the counting of votes.
    ElectionsPublic administration
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  7. News article

    Norwegian Election Directorate texts 3.7 million voters and sends targeted letters to 170,000 immigrant-background voters before the 2025 parliamentary election

    • On 28 August, the Election Directorate texts more than 3.7 million eligible voters to remind them that early voting runs until 5 September and that Election Day is 8 September.
    • The text message only goes to people who have a Norwegian phone number on file with the government and who have not asked to stop receiving digital messages from public authorities.
    ElectionsIntegration
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  8. News article

    Norway's Election Directorate publishes daily early-voting figures ahead of the 8 September 2025 parliamentary election

    • Every day, the Election Directorate releases updated figures showing how many people have voted early, both nationwide and by municipality and electoral district.
    • Early voting is open until 5 September 2025, and the main election day is 8 September 2025.
    Elections
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  9. News article

    Norway's Election Directorate replaces voting cards with information letters ahead of the 2025 parliamentary election

    • The Election Directorate is sending information letters to around four million voters. Most — 3.77 million — get it digitally through services like Digipost or Altinn. Voters who have opted out of digital government communication, or who haven't updated their contact details in the past 18 months, get a paper letter instead.
    • The old voting card is gone. A new electoral law scrapped it, and from the 2025 parliamentary election it is replaced by this information letter.
    DigitalisationElections
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  10. News article

    Norwegian Storting election: candidate lists approved, 45 million ballots to be printed

    • The Electoral Directorate has approved the candidate lists from all parties in all 19 constituencies. About 45 million ballots will now be printed.
    • The ballots must be ready before early voting starts on 11 August.
    ElectionsLegislation
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