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{{for|a list|List of heads of government of Norway}}
{{Short description|Head of government of Norway}}
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{{Infobox official post
| post = Prime Minister
| body = Norway
| native_name = ''Norges statsminister'' ([[Bokmål]])<br/>''Noregs statsminister'' ([[Nynorsk]])
| insignia = Coat of arms of Norway.svg
| insigniasize = 60px
| insigniacaption = State [[coat of arms of Norway]]
| flag = Flag of Norway.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagborder = yes
| flagcaption = [[Flag of Norway]]
| image = Prime Minister Gahr Store in April 2025.jpg
| imagesize =
| incumbent = [[Jonas Gahr Støre]]
| incumbentsince = 14 October 2021
| department = [[Politics of Norway|Executive branch of the Norwegian Government]]<br />[[Office of the Prime Minister (Norway)|Office of the Prime Minister]]
| style = 
| member_of = [[Council of State (Norway)|Council of State]]
| reports_to = The [[Stortinget|Storting]]
| residence = [[Inkognitogata 18|Statsministerboligen]]
| seat = [[Regjeringskvartalet]], [[Oslo]]
| nominator = The previous prime minister
| appointer = [[Monarch of Norway]] on the advice of the previous prime minister or the president of the Storting
| appointer_qualified = 
| termlength = No fixed term
| termlength_qualified = Serves as long as the incumbent does not have the majority of the Storting against them.
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Norway]]
| formation = 17 May 1814
| inaugural = [[Peder Anker]]
| deputy = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Norway|Deputy  Prime Minister]]
| salary = annual: 1,735,682 [[Norwegian krona|NOK]]/US$ 168,023
| website = {{url|https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/smk/id875/|Prime Minister's Office}}
}}
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The '''prime minister of Norway''' ({{langx|no|statsminister}}, which directly translates to "minister of state") is the [[head of government]] and [[chief executive]] of [[Norway]]. The prime minister and [[Cabinet of Norway|Cabinet]] (consisting of all the most senior government department heads) are collectively [[Accountability#Political accountability|accountable]] for their policies and actions to the [[Monarchy of Norway|monarch]], to the [[Storting|Storting (Parliament of Norway)]], to their [[List of political parties in Norway|political party]], and ultimately the electorate. In practice, since it is nearly impossible for a government to stay in office against the will of the Storting, the prime minister is primarily answerable to the Storting. The prime minister is almost always the leader of the majority party in the Storting, or the leader of the senior partner in the governing coalition.

Norway has a [[Constitution of Norway|constitution]], which was adopted on 17 May 1814.<ref>{{cite news|title=Norway's Struggle with Her King|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1882/11/11/103426729.pdf|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=11 November 1882| format=PDF}}</ref> The position of prime minister is the result of legislation. Modern prime ministers have few statutory powers, but provided they can command the support of their parliamentary party. Prime ministers control both the legislature and the executive (the cabinet) and hence wield considerable ''de facto'' powers. {{As of|2021}} the prime minister of Norway is [[Jonas Gahr Støre]], of the [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour Party]], replacing [[Erna Solberg]] of [[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservative Party]], who resigned in October 2021.

Unlike their counterparts in the rest of Europe, Norwegian prime ministers do not have the option of advising the king to dissolve the Storting and call a [[snap election]]. The constitution requires that the Storting serve out its full four-year term. If the prime minister loses the Storting's confidence, they must resign.

==See also==
* [[List of heads of government of Norway]]
* [[Regjeringskvartalet]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/smk.html?id=875 Government Official Homepage]

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