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{{short description|Centre-left Norwegian political party}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Labour Party
| native_name      = Arbeiderpartiet<br/>Arbeidarpartiet
| native_name_lang = 
| logo             = Arbeidarpartiet.svg
| logo_size        = 125px
| colorcode        = {{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}
| abbreviation     = A<br>Ap
| leader           = [[Jonas Gahr Støre]]
| leader1_title    = Parliamentary leader
| leader1_name     = [[Tonje Brenna]]
| foundation       = {{start date and years ago|1887|08|22|df=yes}}
| headquarters     = Youngstorget 2 A, 5th floor, [[Oslo]]
| youth_wing       = [[Workers' Youth League (Norway)|Workers' Youth League]]
| membership_year  = 2024
| membership       = {{decrease}} 43,952<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.arbeiderpartiet.no/om/medlemstall | title=Medlemstall }}</ref>
| ideology         = [[Social democracy]]<br>[[Pro-Europeanism]] <!-- Sources are listed in the introduction/body, sources are not needed here -->
| position         = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
| european         = [[Party of European Socialists]]
| international    = [[Progressive Alliance]]<br>[[Socialist International]] (1951–2016)
| affiliation1_title = Nordic affiliation
| affiliation1     = [[SAMAK]]<br />[[The Social Democratic Group]]
| colours          = {{color box|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}|border=silver}} Red
| slogan           = ''Trygghet for fremtiden''{{cn|date=April 2025}}<br />('Safety for the future')
| seats1_title     = [[Storting]]
| seats1           = {{composition bar|53|169|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}} <!-- 2025 RESULT (53 SEATS) WILL NOT APPLY BEFORE OCTOBER, LEAVE IT AT 48 SEATS UNTIL THEN. -->
| seats2_title     = [[County council (Norway)|County councils]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/krd/html/valg2011/bf5.html|publisher=[[Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (Norway)|Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development]]|title=Valg 2011: Landsoversikt per parti|trans-title=Election 2011: Country overview per party|language=no|access-date=18 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924171401/http://www.regjeringen.no/krd/html/valg2011/bf5.html|archive-date=24 September 2011}}</ref>
| seats2           = {{composition bar|277|777|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[Municipal council]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/valg2011/valgresultat/parti/parti/a/|title=Arbeidarpartiet|trans-title=Labour Party|publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|work=Valg 2011|language=no|access-date=18 September 2011}}</ref>
| seats3           = {{composition bar|2023|10620|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Sámi Parliament of Norway|Sámi Parliament]]
| seats4           = {{composition bar|4|39|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| website          = {{url|arbeiderpartiet.no}}
| country          = Norway
}}
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The '''Labour Party''' ({{langx|nb|Arbeiderpartiet}}; {{langx|nn|Arbeidarpartiet}}, '''A''' or '''Ap'''; {{langx|se|Bargiidbellodat}}), formerly '''The Norwegian Labour Party''' ({{langx|no|Det norske Arbeiderparti}}, '''DNA'''), is a [[Social democracy|social democratic]]<ref>{{bulleted list|{{cite book|author1=Richard Collin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-vSlx-_Z408C&pg=PA218|title=An Introduction to World Politics: Conflict and Consensus on a Small Planet|author2=Pamela L. Martin|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2012|isbn=978-1-4422-1803-1|page=218}}|{{cite book|author1=Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDrTMazYhdkC&pg=PA389|title=Encyclopedia of Digital Government|author2=Matti Mälkiä|publisher=Idea Group Inc (IGI)|year=2007|isbn=978-1-59140-790-4|page=389}}|{{cite book|author=David Arter|url=https://archive.org/details/scandinavianpoli0000arte|title=Scandinavian Politics Today|date=15 February 1999|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-5133-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/scandinavianpoli0000arte/page/71 71]|access-date=18 July 2013|url-access=registration}}|{{cite book|author=Christina Bergqvist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8bfrJvsfJ8C&pg=PA320|title=Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Nordic Council of Ministers|isbn=978-82-00-12799-4|page=320}}|{{cite web|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2021|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/norway.html|title=Norway|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|access-date=19 October 2021}}}}</ref> [[List of political parties in Norway|political party in Norway]]. It is positioned on the [[centre-left]] of the [[political spectrum]],<ref>{{bulleted list|{{cite book|author=Jonathan Olsen|chapter=The Norwegian Socialist Left Party: Office-seekers in the Service of Policy?|editor1=Jonathan Olsen|editor2=Michael Koß|editor3=Dan Hough|title=Left Parties in National Governments|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=coyMDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA16|year=2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=9780230282704|page=16}}|{{Cite news|last=Milne|first=Richard|date=2017-09-11|title=Norway's centre-right government re-elected|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b36d74be-9726-11e7-b83c-9588e51488a0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/b36d74be-9726-11e7-b83c-9588e51488a0 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-12-21}}|{{Cite web|date=2014-02-10|title=Evidence from Norway suggests that a rise in turnout not only benefits centre-left parties, but can also benefit the radical right|url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2014/02/10/evidence-from-norway-suggests-that-a-rise-in-turnout-can-benefit-the-radical-right-as-well-as-traditional-centre-left-parties/|access-date=2021-12-21|website=EUROPP}}|{{Cite web|date=2021-09-13|title=Norway goes to the polls on final day of parliamentary election|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-election-inequality-oil-b1919043.html|access-date=2021-12-21|website=The Independent|language=en}}}}</ref> and is led by [[Jonas Gahr Støre]], the current [[Prime Minister of Norway]].

The Labour Party is officially committed to social-democratic ideals. Its slogan since the 1930s has been "everyone shall be included" ({{lang|no|alle skal med}}){{Update inline|date=January 2025}} and the party traditionally seeks a strong [[welfare state]], funded through [[tax]]es and [[Duty (economics)|duties]].<ref name="nrk09">{{cite web |url = http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg/valg_2009/partiene/1.6704638 |title = Arbeiderpartiet - Ørnen i Norge |work = NRK |date = 24 July 2009 |access-date = 3 July 2015 }}</ref> Since the 1980s, the party has included more of the principles of a [[social market economy]] in its policy, allowing for [[privatisation]] of state-owned assets and services and reducing income tax [[Progressive tax|progressivity]], following the wave of [[economic liberalisation]] during the 1980s. During the first Stoltenberg government, the party's policies were inspired by [[Tony Blair]]'s [[New Labour]] agenda in the [[United Kingdom]] and saw the most widespread privatisation by any government in Norway to that date.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Avskjed mellom linjene|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kommentar/i/wEoR4/avskjed-mellom-linjene|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.aftenposten.no|date=25 March 2014 |language=nb}}</ref> The party has frequently been described as increasingly [[neoliberal]] since the 1980s, both by political scientists and opponents on the [[political left]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tuastad |first=Svein |date=2008-06-13 |title=Myten om Gros nyliberalisme |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/myten-om-gros-nyliberalisme/66486330 |access-date= |website=[[Dagbladet]] |language=no}}</ref> The Labour Party profiles itself as a [[Progressivism|progressive]] party that subscribes to co-operation on a national as well as international level.

Its youth wing is the [[Workers' Youth League (Norway)|Workers' Youth League]]. The party is a member of the [[Party of European Socialists]] and the [[Progressive Alliance]]. It was formerly member of the [[Comintern]] (1919–1923), the [[International Revolutionary Marxist Centre]] (1932–1935), the [[Labour and Socialist International]] (1938–1940), and the [[Socialist International]] (1951–2016). The Labour Party has always been a strong supporter of Norwegian [[NATO]] membership and has supported Norway joining the [[European Union]] during two referendums.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arbeiderpartiet.no/politikken/eu|website=www.arbeiderpartiet.no |title=Polittiken - EU  | language=no | access-date=2021-09-17}}</ref> During the [[Cold War]], when the party was in government most of the time, the party closely aligned Norway with the [[United States]] at the international level and followed an [[anti-communist]] policy at the domestic level in the aftermath of the 1948 [[Kråkerøy speech]] and culminating in Norway becoming a founding member of NATO in 1949.<ref>[http://nbl.snl.no/Haakon_Lie Haakon Lie], ''Norsk biografisk leksikon''</ref>

Founded in 1887, the party steadily increased in support until it became the largest party in Norway at the [[1927 Norwegian parliamentary election|1927 parliamentary election]], a position it has held ever since. That year also saw the consolidation of conflicts surrounding the party during the 1920s following its membership in the Comintern. It first formed a government in 1928 and has led the government for all but sixteen years since 1935. From [[1945 Norwegian parliamentary election|1945]] to [[1961 Norwegian parliamentary election|1961]], the party had an [[absolute majority]] in the Norwegian Parliament, to date the last time this has happened in the history of Norway. The electoral domination by the Labour Party during the 1960s and early 1970s was initially broken by competition from smaller left-wing parties, primarily from the [[Socialist People's Party (Norway)|Socialist People's Party]]. From the late 1970s, the party started to lose voters due to a rise in [[right-wing]] parties, leading to a swing to the right for the Labour Party under [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]] during the 1980s. In [[2001 Norwegian parliamentary election|2001]], the party achieved its worst result since [[1924 Norwegian parliamentary election|1924]]. Between [[2005 Norwegian parliamentary election|2005]] and [[2013 Norwegian parliamentary election|2013]], Labour returned to power after committing to a coalition agreement with other parties in order to form a [[majority government]].<ref name="nrk09"/> Labour entered opposition again after losing nine seats in 2013. The party lost a further six seats in [[2017 Norwegian parliamentary election|2017]], yielding the second-lowest number of seats since 1924. Since the [[2021 Norwegian parliamentary election|2021]] and [[2025 Norwegian parliamentary election|2025]] elections, Labour has headed a minority government.

== History ==
=== Founding and early years ===
[[File:Arbeiderpartibygningen quevaal.jpg|thumb|left|The party headquarters in [[Oslo]]]]
The party was founded in 1887<ref>{{cite journal |author = Svennik Hoyer |author-link = Svennik Høyer|title = The Political Economy of the Norwegian Press |journal = [[Scandinavian Political Studies]] |publisher=[[Danish Royal Library]]|url = http://img.kb.dk/tidsskriftdk/pdf/spso/spso_0003-PDF/spso_0003_95928.pdf |access-date = 30 December 2014 |pages=85–141}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Arneson|first=Ben A.|date=1931|title=Norway Moves Toward the Right|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0003055400111712/type/journal_article|journal=American Political Science Review|language=en|volume=25|issue=1|pages=152–157|doi=10.2307/1946579|jstor=1946579 |s2cid=146458203 |issn=0003-0554|url-access=subscription}}</ref> in Arendal and first ran in elections to the [[Storting]] in 1894. It entered the parliament in [[1903 Norwegian parliamentary election|1903]] and steadily increased its vote until [[1927 Norwegian parliamentary election|1927]], when it became the largest party in Norway. The party were members of [[Communist International]] (Comintern), a [[communist]] organisation, between 1918 and 1923.<ref>{{cite web |title = Hva historien forteller.. 1920 - 1935 |url = http://arbeiderpartiet.no/Om-AP/Aps-historie/Hva-historien-forteller/1920-1935 |publisher=Arbeiderpartiet |access-date=17 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110117035507/http://arbeiderpartiet.no/Om-AP/Aps-historie/Hva-historien-forteller/1920-1935 |archive-date=17 January 2011}}</ref>

From the establishment of ''[[Dagsavisen|Vort Arbeide]]'' in 1884, the party had a growing and notable organisation of newspapers and other press outlets. The party press system eventually resulted in ''[[A-pressen|Norsk Arbeiderpresse]]'' (''Norwegian Labour Press''). In January 1913, the party had 24 newspapers and six more newspapers were founded in 1913. The party also had the periodical ''[[Det 20de Aarhundre]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bjørnson |first=Øyvind |author-link=Øyvind Bjørnson |title = På klassekampens grunn 1900-1920 |year = 1990 |series = Volume two of ''Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge''|publisher=Tiden|location=Oslo|language = no |isbn = 82-10-02752-2 |page = 276 }}</ref> In 1920, the party had 33 newspapers and 6 semi-affiliated newspapers.<ref>{{cite book |last=Maurseth |first=Per |author-link=Per Maurseth |title = Gjennom kriser til makt 1920-1935 |year=1987 |series = Volume three of ''Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge'' |publisher=Tiden |location=Oslo |language = no |isbn=82-10-02753-0 |page=65 }}</ref> The party had its own publishing house, [[Det norske Arbeiderpartis forlag]], succeeded by [[Tiden Norsk Forlag]]. In addition to books and pamphlets, Det norske Arbeiderpartis forlag published ''Maidagen'' (annual [[May Day]] publication), ''Arbeidets Jul'' (annual Christmas publication) and ''Arbeiderkalenderen'' (calendar).<ref>Maurseth, 1987: p. 66</ref> The party also published a monthly political magazine, ''[[Kontakt (magazine)|Kontakt]]'', between 1947 and 1954 which was edited by [[Torolf Elster]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Fra Håndslag til Kontakt|url=https://www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/debatt/2009/07/10/fra-handslag-til-kontakt/|access-date=23 June 2022|work=Morgenbladet|date=10 July 2009|language=no}}</ref>

From its roots as a radical alternative to the political establishment, the party grew to its current dominance through several eras. The party experienced a split in 1921 caused by a decision made two years earlier to join the Comintern and the [[Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway]] was formed. In 1923, the party left the Comintern while a significant minority of its members left the party to form the [[Communist Party of Norway]]. In 1927, the Social Democrats were reunited with Labour. Some Communists also joined Labour whereas other Communists tried a failed merger endeavor which culminated in the formation of the ''[[Arbeiderklassens Samlingsparti]]''. The same year, [[Helga Karlsen]] became the party's first female Member of Parliament.<ref>{{Citation|title=Helga Aleksandra Karlsen|date=2020-11-19|url=http://snl.no/Helga_Aleksandra_Karlsen|work=Store norske leksikon|language=nb|access-date=2021-09-23}}</ref>

In 1928, [[Christopher Hornsrud]] formed Labour's first government, but it lasted only two weeks. During the early 1930s, Labour abandoned its revolutionary profile and set a reformist course. Labour then returned to government in 1935 and remained in power throughout the [[Second World War]]. The party was a member of the [[Labour and Socialist International]] between 1938 and 1940.<ref name="kow">Kowalski, Werner. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=83QdPwAACAAJ Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19]''. Berlin: Dt. Verl. d. Wissenschaften, 1985. p. 310.</ref> When Norway was invaded by [[Nazi Germany]] in 1940, the Labour-led government and the Norwegian royal family fled to London, whence it led a government-in-exile for the duration of the war.

=== Post-war period ===
Immediately following the end of the [[Second World War]], the Labour Party emerged victorious from the [[1945 Norwegian parliamentary election]]. For the first time, the party secured an absolute majority in the [[Storting]], taking 76 of 150 seats. [[Einar Gerhardsen]] of the Labour Party subsequently formed his first government, and he went on to dominate the post-war political scene over the following years. Gerhardsen is commonly referred to as ''Landsfaderen'' ([[Father of the Nation]]) and is generally considered one of the principal architects behind the reconstruction of Norway after the Second World War. The period from 1945 has been described as the golden age of the Norwegian Labour Party, and the party retained its parliamentary majority until the [[1961 Norwegian parliamentary election|1961 election]]. In 1963, the [[Kings Bay Affair]] drove the opposition to table a [[motion of no-confidence]] against the Gerhardsen's cabinet; the motion was ultimately successful, and Labour was forced to step down from government for the first time in 28 years. However, the incoming centre-right coalition proved short-lived, and Labour returned to government less than one month later, and remained in office until 1965.

The Labour Party later formed government in the periods of 1971–1972, 1973–1981, 1986–1989, and 1990–1997. Labour prime ministers in this period included party veterans [[Oscar Torp]], [[Trygve Bratteli]], and [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]], and the party remained the largest in Norway throughout the remainder of the 20th century.

=== 21st century ===
[[File:Labour campaign booth 2007.JPG|thumb|Campaign booth at [[Karl Johans gate]] ahead of the [[2007 Norwegian local elections]]]]
In the year 2000, the centre-right coalition led by [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] of the [[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democrats]] was toppled in a confidence vote, and the Labour Party returned to power under [[Jens Stoltenberg]], who became prime minister. However, after a period of intense infighting between Stoltenberg and former prime minister [[Thorbjørn Jagland]], and a turbulent spell in government, the party collapsed to only 24.3% of the vote in the [[2001 Norwegian parliamentary election]], marking its worst result since 1924. The party returned to the opposition under Stoltenberg's leadership, before later recovering to 32.7% in the [[2005 Norwegian parliamentary election]]. The Labour Party subsequently formed its first ever peace-time coalition government along with the [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left]] and [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre]] parties. Their cooperation was dubbed the [[Red–green coalition (Norway)|Red-green coalition]], in emulation of similar constellations in Germany.

In 2011, the party changed its official name from the Norwegian Labour Party (''Det norske arbeiderparti'') to the Labour Party (''Arbeiderpartiet''). The party claimed there had been confusion among voters at polling stations because of the difference between the official name and the common use name of Labour Party. The name change caused ''Arbeiderpartiet'' to appear on the ballot, eliminating any potential confusion.<ref name="aftenposten">{{cite web |url = http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article4088256.ece |title = Slutt på Det norske Arbeiderparti |work = [[Aftenposten]] |access-date = 3 July 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110412002350/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article4088256.ece |archive-date = 12 April 2011 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/04/09/nyheter/politikk/arbeiderpartiet/landsmote/16127942/ Arbeiderpartiet skifter navn] ''Dagbladet''. 9 April 2011.</ref> On 22 July 2011, terrorist [[Anders Behring Breivik]] [[2011 Norway attacks|opened fire]] at the Labour Party's youth camp (ages 13–25), killing 69 people and killing eight more in Oslo with a bomb towards a government building (which was led by the Labour Party). Stoltenberg's initial response to the 22 July attack was well received by the Norwegian public. As he reaffirmed his government's commitment to the values of openness and tolerance in the face of adversity or intolerance his approval rating soared as high as 94%, only to decrease sharply after the  [[Gjørv Report|22 July Commission]] report highlighted the laggard response time of police cost dozens of lives.<ref>{{cite news |title=From hero to knave |url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2012/08/25/from-hero-to-knave |access-date=11 September 2022 |newspaper=The Economist |date=August 25, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Criscione |first1=Valeria |title=No clear winners in trial of Anders Behring Breivik |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0828/No-clear-winners-in-trial-of-Anders-Behring-Breivik |journal=Christian Science Monitor |access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>

In the [[2013 Norwegian parliamentary election]], the Red-green coalition lost its majority in the [[Storting]], but the Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting. Jens Stoltenberg, who had served as prime minister for 10 of the past 13 years, remained party leader until he stepped down in 2014 after being appointed [[Secretary General of NATO]]. Later, [[Jonas Gahr Støre]], a prominent profile in the Stoltenberg government, was chosen as new party leader on 14 June 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/--Jeg-har-folt-et-intenst-vemod-7604202.html#.U5xKPfna6Qo |title =- Jeg har følt et intenst vemod |last1 = Westerveld |first1 = June |author2 = Salvesen, Geir |date = 14 June 2014 |work = Aftenposten |language = no |access-date = 14 June 2014}}</ref> In the [[2017 Norwegian parliamentary election]], he led the party to a surprise defeat, as Labour fell 3.4 percentage points to 27.4%, and from 55 to 49 seats in the [[Storting]], while the [[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservative Party]] managed to retain a majority along with its smaller centre-right partners. [[Erna Solberg]], Conservative prime minister since 2013, remained in office throughout the 2017—2021 term. In the same year, the Labour Party was targeted by hackers suspected to be from Russia.<ref name="FP">{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Foreign Policy]] |date=3 October 2018 |title=The New Cold Front in Russia's Information War |first=Reid |last=Standish |url = https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/03/the-new-cold-front-in-russias-information-war-nato-norway/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181004142533/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/03/the-new-cold-front-in-russias-information-war-nato-norway/ |archive-date = 4 October 2018 |quote = Last year, hackers targeted the country's Labour Party—currently in opposition but a staunch supporter of Norway's NATO membership—in an attack believed to have been orchestrated from Russia.}}</ref>
 
In 2021, the Labour Party returned to government after eight years in opposition, following the [[2021 Norwegian parliamentary election|2021 parliamentary election]]. The party dropped to 48 seats from the 49 it had secured in 2017, but its centre-left coalition secured a landslide victory overall, taking 100 of the 169 seats in the [[Storting]]. The [[2021–present global energy crisis|energy crisis]] was the most important issue for voters.<ref>{{cite news |title=Norway's left-wing opposition wins election in a landslide |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/14/norways-leftwing-opposition-wins-election-in-a-landslide |access-date=11 September 2022 |work=Al Jazeera |date=14 September 2021}}</ref> Party leader [[Jonas Gahr Støre]] assumed the Norwegian premiership on 14 October 2021, at the helm of a minority coalition with the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]]. Soon after assuming power, the new coalition was faced with a series of crises, including the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] and subsequent energy price hikes. The government was criticized for its handling of these crises, and by August 2022, Støre had dropped to 31% in preferred prime minister polling, against 49% for [[Erna Solberg]], the [[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservative]] prime minister in the 2013—2021 period.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tilliten stuper for Støre: Én av to vil ha Solberg |url=https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/tilliten-stuper-for-store_-en-av-to-vil-ha-solberg-1.16072010 |website=NRK |date=18 August 2022 |access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref> Meanwhile, the Labour Party hit record-low ratings in voting intention polls in late 2022, with a number of polls placing it below the 20%-mark in September 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sjokkmåling: Fremskrittspartiet tre ganger så store som Senterpartiet |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/norsk-politikk/meningsmaling/sentio/sjokkmaling-fremskrittspartiet-tre-ganger-sa-store-som-senterpartiet/s/5-95-660966 |website=Nettavisen |date=20 September 2022 |access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref> After the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]] withdrew from the cabinet, former Prime Minister [[Jens Stoltenberg]] returned as [[Ministry of Finance (Norway)|Finance Minister]], a move credited with giving the Labour Party a significant boost in the polls.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fouche |first=Gwladys |date=2025-09-12 |title=Norway's ex-NATO chief Stoltenberg campaigns for Labour Party's re-election |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/newsmaker-norways-ex-nato-chief-stoltenberg-campaigns-labour-partys-re-election-2025-08-30/ |access-date=2025-09-15 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref> In the [[2025 Norwegian parliamentary election|2025 parliamentary election]], Labour secured 28.0% of the vote and won 53 seats (an increase of five from their 2021 total), enabling the party to continue governing as a minority.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norway vote: Labour's Jonas Gahr Stoere wins second term – DW – 09/09/2025 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/norway-vote-labours-jonas-gahr-stoere-wins-second-term/a-73914336 |access-date=2025-09-13 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Organisation ==

The Labour Party organisation is divided into county- and municipality-level chapters, numbering approximately 2,500 associations in total.<ref name=org>[http://arbeiderpartiet.no/Om-AP/Information-in-English/The-Labour-Party-Information-in-English Information in English] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418145701/http://arbeiderpartiet.no/Om-AP/Information-in-English/The-Labour-Party-Information-in-English |date=18 April 2015 }} Arbeiderpartiet.no. Retrieved 18 April 2015. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150418145701/http://arbeiderpartiet.no/Om-AP/Information-in-English/The-Labour-Party-Information-in-English Archive].</ref> Historically, the party has maintained a close association with the [[Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions]] (LO), and until the mid-1990s, a dual-membership agreement existed between the two organizations, with LO members automatically holding (indirect) membership in the Labour Party as well. The party had about 200,500 members at its peak in 1950.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.aftenposten.no/fakta/innsikt/article2852464.ece |title = Lengre mellom partimedlemmene i dag |work = Aftenposten |date = 7 January 2009 |first = Lars-Ludvig |last = Røed |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101230014048/http://www.aftenposten.no/fakta/innsikt/article2852464.ece |archive-date = 30 December 2010 }}</ref> No records were kept about direct membership or indirect membership figures.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scarrow |first1=Susan |title=Beyond Party Members: Changing Approaches to Partisan Mobilization |date=27 November 2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780191748332 |page=59 |edition=1 |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/9675 |access-date=15 June 2023}}</ref> The dual-membership clause was scrapped in 1995, and that year its membership level fell to just over 72,500 from 128,000 in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |title=Medlemstall: Oversikt over Arbeiderpartiets medlemstall nå og historisk. |url=https://www.arbeiderpartiet.no/om/medlemstall/ |website=Arbeiderpartiet |access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref> In 1997, that figure dropped to 64,000 in 1997.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scarrow |first1=Susan |title=Beyond Party Members: Changing Approaches to Partisan Mobilization |date=27 November 2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780191748332 |page=82 |edition=1 |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/9675 |access-date=15 June 2023}}</ref> In 2021, the party comprised 45,553 members according to its own official website.<ref>{{cite web |title=Medlemstall: Oversikt over Arbeiderpartiets medlemstall nå og historisk. |url=https://www.arbeiderpartiet.no/om/medlemstall/ |website=Arbeiderpartiet |access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref> Since 2005, the party has maintained a policy requiring full gender parity at every level of organisation above ordinary membership.<ref name="women">{{cite web |url = http://arbeiderpartiet.no/Om-AP/Historien/Aps-historie/Kvinnebevegelsen |title=Kvinnebevegelsen / Aps historie / Historien / Om AP - Arbeiderpartiet |author=Arbeiderpartiet |access-date=3 July 2015 }}</ref>

The supreme body of the party is the Party Congress which is held every two years. The most senior body between these congresses is the National Delegate's Meeting which is made up of the party's Executive Board and two delegates from each of the 19 counties.<ref name=org/> The Executive Board itself consists of 16 elected members as well as the leadership of the party.<ref name=org/> The party is headed by a single leader, while the number of deputy leaders has fluctuated between one and two in different periods. As of 2022, the party leadership is made up of leader [[Jonas Gahr Støre]], who has held the position since 2014, and deputy leader [[Bjørnar Selnes Skjæran]], who was first elected to the position in 2021.

The party's youth organisation is the [[Workers' Youth League (Norway)|Workers' Youth League]], and it maintains a women's wing known as the Labour Party Women's Network.<ref name="women"/> The party participates in elections to the [[Sami Parliament of Norway]], and work related to this has its own organisational structure with seven local groups, a bi-yearly congress, a national council and the Labour group in the Sami parliament.<ref>[http://arbeiderpartiet.no/Om-AP/Organisasjon/Samepolitisk-arbeid Samepolitisk arbeid] {{in lang|no}} Arbeiderpartiet.no. Retrieved 18 April 2015</ref>
== Prominent party members ==

=== Party leaders ===
[[File:Jonas Gahr Støre.JPG|thumbnail|[[Jonas Gahr Støre]], party leader since 2014 and prime minister since 2021.]]
{{columns-list|colwidth=25em|
# [[Anders Andersen (Norway)|Anders Andersen]] (1887–1888)
# [[Hans G. Jensen]] (1888–1889)
# [[Christian Holtermann Knudsen]] (1889–1890)
# [[Carl Jeppesen]] (1890–1892)
# [[Ole Georg Gjøsteen]] (1892–1893)
# [[Gustav A. Olsen-Berg]] (1893–1894)
# [[Carl Jeppesen]] (1894–1897)
# [[Ludvig Meyer]] (1897–1900)
# [[Christian Holtermann Knudsen]] (1900–1903)
# [[Christopher Hornsrud]] (1903–1906)
# [[Oscar Nissen]] (1906–1911)
# [[Christian Holtermann Knudsen]] (1911–1918)
# [[Kyrre Grepp]] (1918–1922)
# [[Emil Stang (jurist)|Emil Stang]] (1922–1923)
# [[Oscar Torp]] (1923–1945)
# [[Einar Gerhardsen]] (1945–1965)
# [[Trygve Bratteli]] (1965–1975)
# [[Reiulf Steen]] (1975–1981)
# [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]] (1981–1992)
# [[Thorbjørn Jagland]] (1992–2002)
# [[Jens Stoltenberg]] (2002–2014)
# [[Jonas Gahr Støre]] (2014–present)
}}

=== Labour Party prime ministers ===
# [[Christopher Hornsrud]] (January–February 1928)
# [[Johan Nygaardsvold]] (1935–1945){{efn|During the [[German occupation of Norway]] from 1940 to 1945, [[Johan Nygaardsvold]] was in exile in London.}}
# [[Einar Gerhardsen]] (1945–1951, 1955–1963, 1963–1965)
# [[Oscar Torp]] (1951–1955)
# [[Trygve Bratteli]] (1971–1972, 1973–1976)
# [[Odvar Nordli]] (1976–1981)
# [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]] (February–October 1981, 1986–1989, 1990–1996)
# [[Thorbjørn Jagland]] (1996–1997)
# [[Jens Stoltenberg]] (2000–2001, 2005–2013)
# [[Jonas Gahr Støre]] (2021–present)

=== Party Congresses ===
{{Complete list|date=April 2024}}
{{Col-begin}}
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* 1. landsmøte 1887 [[Arendal]]<ref>{{Cite web| title=Landsmøter - Beslutninger og resolutioner | language=no | trans-title=National Assemblies - Decisions and resolutions | url=https://www.arbark.no/eldok/DNA1887_1.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828163754/https://www.arbark.no/eldok/DNA1887_1.pdf | archive-date=2021-08-28}}</ref>
* 2. landsmøte 1888 [[Kristiania]]
* 3. landsmøte 1889 [[Kristiania]]
* 4. landsmøte 1890 [[Kristiania]]
* 5. landsmøte 1891 [[Kristiania]]
* 6. landsmøte 1892 [[Kristiania]]
* 7. landsmøte 1893 [[Kristiania]]
* 8. landsmøte 1894 [[Bergen]]
* 9. landsmøte 1895 [[Skien (town)|Skien]]
* 10. landsmøte 1896 [[Kristiania]]
* 11. landsmøte 1897 [[Kristiania]]
* 12. landsmøte 1898 [[Fredrikstad]]
* 13. landsmøte 1899 [[Kristiania]]
* 14. landsmøte 1900 [[Kristiania]]
* 15. landsmøte 1901 [[Kristiania]]
* 16. landsmøte 1902 [[Trondheim]]
* 17. landsmøte 1903 [[Kristiania]]
* 18. landsmøte 1904 [[Drammen]]
* 19. landsmøte 1906 [[Kristiania]]
* 20. landsmøte 1909 [[Hamar]]<ref>{{Cite web| title=Landsmøter - Beslutninger og resolutioner | language=no | trans-title=National Assemblies - Decisions and resolutions | url=https://www.arbark.no/eldok/DNA1887_1.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828163754/https://www.arbark.no/eldok/DNA1887_1.pdf | archive-date=2021-08-28}}</ref>
* 1. ekstraordinære landsmøte 1911 13-16 April [[Kristiania]]
* 21. landsmøte 1912 4—9 april [[Stavanger]]
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* 22. landsmøte 1915 22-26 may [[Trondhjem]]
* 23. landsmøte 1918 29 mars—1 april [[Oslo]]
* 2. ekstraordinære landsmøte 1919 7—10 juni [[Oslo]]
* 24. landsmøte 1920 22—25 may [[Oslo]]
* 25. landsmøte 1921 25—28 march 1921 [[Oslo]]
* 26. landsmøte 1923 24—28 february [[Oslo]]
* 3 ekstraordinære landsmøte 1923 2—4 november [[Oslo]]
* 27. landsmøte 1925  4—6 september [[Oslo]]
* 4. ekstraordinære landsmøte 1927 28—29 january [[Oslo]]
* Samlingskongressen. 30—31 january 1927 [[Oslo]]
* 28. landsmøte 1930 14—16 march [[Oslo]]
* 29. landsmøte 1933 26—28 may [[Oslo]]
* 30. landsmøte 1936 2-4 may [[Oslo]]
* 31. landsmøte 1939 3-5 november [[Oslo]]
* 32. landsmøte 1945 31-2 september [[Oslo]]
* 33. landsmøte 1949 17-20 february [[Oslo]]
* 34. landsmøte 1953 22-25 march [[Oslo]]
* 35. landsmøte 1955 19-21 march [[Oslo]]
* 36. landsmøte 1957 30, 31 may and 1 June [[Oslo]]
* 37. landsmøte 1959 7-9 may [[Oslo]]
* 38. landsmøte 1961 9-11 april [[Oslo]]
* 39. landsmøte 1963 23-25 may [[Oslo]]
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* 40. landsmøte 1965 27-29 may [[Oslo]]
* 41. landsmøte 1967 21-23 may [[Oslo]]
* 42. landsmøte 1969 11-14 may [[Oslo]]
* 43. landsmøte 1971 9-11 may [[Oslo]]
* 5. ekstraordinær landsmøte 1972 21-22 april [[Oslo]]
* 44. landsmøte 1973 27-30 may [[Oslo]]
* 45. landsmøte 1975 20-23 may [[Oslo]]
* 46. landsmøte 1977 8-11 may [[Oslo]]
* 47. landsmøte 1979 6-9 may [[Oslo]]
* 48. landsmøte 1981 2-5 april [[Hamar]]
* 49. landsmøte 1983 22-24 april [[Oslo]]
* 50. landsmøte 1985 21-24 march [[Oslo]]
* 51. landsmøte 1987 26-29 march [[Oslo]]
* 52. landsmøte 1989 2-5 march [[SAS Scandinavian Hotell]]
* 53. landsmøte 1990 9-11 november [[Folkets Hus]]
* 54. landsmøte 1992 5-8 november [[Folkets Hus]]
* 6. ekstraordinære landsmøte 1994 18-18 june [[Folkets Hus]]
* 55. landsmøte 1995 10-12 februar [[Folkets Hus]]
* 56. landsmøte 1996 7-11 november [[Folkets Hus]]
* 57. landsmøte 1998 20-22 november [[Folkets Hus]]
* 58. landsmøte 2000 9-12 november [[Folkets Hus]]
* 59. landsmøte 2002 8-10 november [[Folkets Hus]]
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* 60. landsmøte 2005 7-10 april [[Folkets Hus]]
* 61. landsmøte 2007 19-22 april [[Folkets Hus]]
* 62. landsmøte 2009 18-21 april [[Folkets Hus]]
* 63. landsmøte 2011 7-10 april [[Folkets Hus]]
* 64. landsmøte 2013 18-21 april [[Folkets Hus]]
* 7. ekstraordinære landsmøte 2014 14 june [[Folkets Hus]]
* 65. landsmøte 2015 16-19 april [[Folkets Hus]]
* 66. landsmøte 2017 20-23 april [[Folkets Hus]]
* 67. landsmøte 2019 4-7 april [[Folkets Hus]]
* 68. landsmøte 2021 15-17 april [[The Hub and Microsoft Teams.]]
* 69 landsmøte 2023 4-6 may [[Folkets Hus]]
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==Election results==
===Storting===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Position
! Status
|-
! [[1894 Norwegian parliamentary election|1894]]
| [[Carl Jeppesen]]
| 520
| 0.3
| {{composition bar|0|114|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| ''New''
| {{increase}} 4th
| {{N/A|No seats}}
|-
! [[1897 Norwegian parliamentary election|1897]]
| [[Ludvig Meyer]]
| 947
| 0.6
| {{composition bar|0|114|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{steady}}
| {{steady}} 4th
| {{N/A|No seats}}
|-
! [[1900 Norwegian parliamentary election|1900]]
| [[Christian Holtermann Knudsen|Christian Knudsen]]
| 7,013
| 3.0
| {{composition bar|0|114|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{steady}}
| {{steady}} 4th
| {{N/A|No seats}}
|-
! [[1903 Norwegian parliamentary election|1903]]
| [[Christopher Hornsrud]]
| 22,948
| 9.7
| {{composition bar|5|117|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 5
| {{decrease}} 5th
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1906 Norwegian parliamentary election|1906]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Oscar Nissen]]
| 43,134
| 15.9
| {{composition bar|10|123|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 5
| {{increase}} 3rd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1909 Norwegian parliamentary election|1909]]
| 91,268
| 21.5
| {{composition bar|11|123|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{decrease}} 4th
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1912 Norwegian parliamentary election|1912]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Christian Holtermann Knudsen|Christian Knudsen]]
| 128,455
| 26.2
| {{composition bar|23|123|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 12
| {{increase}} 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1915 Norwegian parliamentary election|1915]]
| 198,111
| 32.0
| {{composition bar|19|123|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{decrease}} 3rd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1918 Norwegian parliamentary election|1918]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Kyrre Grepp]]
| 209,560
| 31.6
| {{composition bar|18|123|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{steady}} 3rd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1921 Norwegian parliamentary election|1921]]
| 192,616
| 21.3
| {{composition bar|29|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 11
| {{steady}} 3rd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1924 Norwegian parliamentary election|1924]]
| rowspan=8 | [[Oscar Torp]]
| 179,567
| 18.4
| {{composition bar|24|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 5
| {{steady}} 3rd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! rowspan=3 | [[1927 Norwegian parliamentary election|1927]]
| rowspan=3 | 368,106
| rowspan=3 | 36.8
| rowspan=3 | {{composition bar|59|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan=3 | {{increase}} 35
| rowspan=3 | {{increase}} 1st
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1927–1928)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|Minority {{small|(1928)}}}}
|-
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1928–1930)}}}}
|-
! [[1930 Norwegian parliamentary election|1930]]
| 374,854
| 31.4
| {{composition bar|47|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 12
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[1933 Norwegian parliamentary election|1933]]
| rowspan=2 | 500,526
| rowspan=2 | 40.1
| rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|69|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan=2 | {{increase}} 22
| rowspan=2 | {{steady}} 1st
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1933–1935)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|Minority {{small|(1935–1936)}}}}
|-
! [[1936 Norwegian parliamentary election|1936]]
| 618,616
| 42.5
| {{composition bar|70|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Majority}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[1945 Norwegian parliamentary election|1945]]
| rowspan=9 | [[Einar Gerhardsen]]
| rowspan=2 | 609,348
| rowspan=2 | 41.0
| rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|76|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan=2 | {{increase}} 6
| rowspan=2 | {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1945)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|Majority {{small|(1945–1949)}}}}
|-
! [[1949 Norwegian parliamentary election|1949]]
| 803,471
| 45.7
| {{composition bar|85|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 9
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Majority}}
|-
! [[1953 Norwegian parliamentary election|1953]]
| 830,448
| 46.7
| {{composition bar|77|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 8
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Majority}}
|-
! [[1957 Norwegian parliamentary election|1957]]
| 865,675
| 48.3
| {{composition bar|78|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Majority}}
|-
! rowspan=3| [[1961 Norwegian parliamentary election|1961]]
| rowspan=3| 860,526
| rowspan=3| 46.8
| rowspan=3| {{composition bar|74|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan=3| {{decrease}} 4
| rowspan=3| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Minority {{small|(1961–1963)}}}}
|-
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1963)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|Minority {{small|(1963–1965)}}}}
|-
! [[1965 Norwegian parliamentary election|1965]]
| 883,320
| 43.1
| {{composition bar|68|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! rowspan=3| [[1969 Norwegian parliamentary election|1969]]
| rowspan=4 | [[Trygve Bratteli]]
| rowspan=3| 1,004,348
| rowspan=3| 46.5
| rowspan=3| {{composition bar|74|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan=3| {{increase}} 6
| rowspan=3| {{steady}} 1st
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1969–1971)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|Minority {{small|(1971–1972)}}}}
|-
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1972–1973)}}}}
|-
! [[1973 Norwegian parliamentary election|1973]]
| 759,499
| 35.3
| {{composition bar|62|155|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 12
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Minority}}
|-
! [[1977 Norwegian parliamentary election|1977]]
| [[Reiulf Steen]]
| 972,434
| 42.3
| {{composition bar|76|155|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 14
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Minority}}
|-
! [[1981 Norwegian parliamentary election|1981]]
| rowspan=5 | [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]]
| 914,749
| 37.1
| {{composition bar|65|155|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 11
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[1985 Norwegian parliamentary election|1985]]
| rowspan=2 | 1,061,712
| rowspan=2 | 40.8
| rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|71|157|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan=2 | {{increase}} 6
| rowspan=2 | {{steady}} 1st
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1985–1986)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|Minority {{small|(1986–1989)}}}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[1989 Norwegian parliamentary election|1989]]
| rowspan=2 | 907,393
| rowspan=2 | 34.3
| rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|63|165|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan=2 | {{decrease}} 8
| rowspan=2 | {{steady}} 1st
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1989–1990)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|Minority {{small|(1990–1993)}}}}
|-
! [[1993 Norwegian parliamentary election|1993]]
| rowspan=4 | [[Thorbjørn Jagland]]
| 908,724
| 36.9
| {{composition bar|67|165|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 4
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Minority}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[1997 Norwegian parliamentary election|1997]]
| rowspan=2 | 904,362
| rowspan=2 | 35.0
| rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|65|165|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan=2 | {{decrease}} 2
| rowspan=2 | {{steady}} 1st
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1997–2000)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|Minority {{small|(2000–2001)}}}}
|-
! [[2001 Norwegian parliamentary election|2001]]
| 612,632
| 24.3
| {{composition bar|43|165|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 22
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2005 Norwegian parliamentary election|2005]]
| rowspan=3 | [[Jens Stoltenberg]]
| 862,456
| 32.7
| {{composition bar|61|169|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 18
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2009 Norwegian parliamentary election|2009]]
| 949,060
| 35.4
| {{composition bar|64|169|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 3
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2013 Norwegian parliamentary election|2013]]
| 874,769
| 30.8
| {{composition bar|55|169|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 9
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2017 Norwegian parliamentary election|2017]]
| rowspan=4 | [[Jonas Gahr Støre]]
| 801,073
| 27.4
| {{composition bar|49|169|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[2021 Norwegian parliamentary election|2021]]
| rowspan=2 | 783,394
| rowspan=2 | 26.3
| rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|48|169|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan=2 | {{decrease}} 1
| rowspan=2 | {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(2021–2025)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|Minority {{small|(2025)}}}}
|-
! [[2025 Norwegian parliamentary election|2025]]
| 902,296
| 28.0
| {{composition bar|53|169|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 5
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Minority}}
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== Notes ==
{{Portal|Norway|Socialism}}
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.arbeiderpartiet.no/ Arbeiderpartiet] – official website {{in lang|no}}
* [http://arbeiderpartiet.no/Om-AP/Information-in-English?=http%3A%2F%2Farbeiderpartiet.no%2FOm-AP%2FInformation-in-English Norwegian Labour Party] – official website {{in lang|en}}
* [http://www.nrk.no/valg2011/valgresultat/Parti/Parti/A/ Election results for the Labour Party in the 2011 local elections]

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{{Party of European Socialists}}
{{Norwegian political parties}}
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