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Coalition government in Norway collapses

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Published: January 31st, 2025,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre must now govern without a coalition partner.

The governing coalition in Norway has broken up in a dispute over the implementation of EU regulations on the energy market. The Centre Party, the junior partner of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre ‘s Social Democrats, is leaving the government as a result of the disagreements, as party leader and former Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum and parliamentary group leader Marit Arnstad announced in Oslo on Thursday.

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