Norway leans leftwards

SIKU CIRCUMPOLAR NEWS SERVICE

Norway has a new left-leaning government.

The Red and Green block emerged victorious from the Norwegian general election on Monday, with Labour’s Jens Stoltenberg set to become the new prime minister.

The Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party negotiated a coalition government backed by their new majority in the Parliament.

The new government will take over on Oct. 17.

Political commentators in Norway spent a great deal of time explaining how the government could lose a general election despite Norway being named as the best country in the world to live in for the fifth year in a row.