| Country: | Norway |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1985 Norwegian parliamentary election |
| Previous Year: | 1985 |
| Next Election: | 1993 Norwegian parliamentary election |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
| Seats For Election: | All 165 seats in the Storting |
| Majority Seats: | 83 |
| Election Date: | 10 and 11 September 1989 |
| Image1: | Brundtland.jpg |
| Leader1: | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Party1: | Norwegian Labour Party |
| Last Election1: | 40.81%, 71 seats |
| Seats1: | 63 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 907,393 |
| Percentage1: | 34.27% |
| Leader2: | Jan P. Syse |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (Norway) |
| Last Election2: | 30.42%, 50 seats |
| Seats2: | 37 |
| Seat Change2: | 13 |
| Popular Vote2: | 588,682 |
| Percentage2: | 22.23% |
| Image3: | Carl i Hagen043 2E jpg DF0000062790.jpg |
| Leader3: | Carl I. Hagen |
| Party3: | Progress Party (Norway) |
| Last Election3: | 3.72%, 2 seats |
| Seats3: | 22 |
| Seat Change3: | 20 |
| Popular Vote3: | 345,185 |
| Percentage3: | 13.04% |
| Image4: | Erik Solheim.jpg |
| Leader4: | Erik Solheim |
| Party4: | Socialist Left Party (Norway) |
| Last Election4: | 5.46%, 6 seats |
| Seats4: | 17 |
| Seat Change4: | 11 |
| Popular Vote4: | 266,782 |
| Percentage4: | 10.08% |
| Image5: | (Bilden ar tagen vid Nordiska radets session i Oslo, 2003) (1).jpg |
| Leader5: | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Party5: | Christian Democratic Party (Norway) |
| Last Election5: | 8.26%, 16 seats |
| Seats5: | 14 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 224,852 |
| Percentage5: | 8.49% |
| Image6: | Johan J. Jakobsen, fotografert under Sps landsmøte i Haugesund i 2015 (cropped).jpg |
| Leader6: | Johan J. Jakobsen |
| Party6: | Centre Party (Norway) |
| Last Election6: | 6.60%, 12 seats |
| Seats6: | 11 |
| Seat Change6: | 1 |
| Popular Vote6: | 171,269 |
| Percentage6: | 6.47% |
| Leader7: | Anders John Aune |
| Party7: | Future for Finnmark |
| Last Election7: | – |
| Seats7: | 1 |
| Seat Change7: | New |
| Popular Vote7: | 8,817 |
| Percentage7: | 0.33% |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
| Before Election: | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Before Party: | Norwegian Labour Party |
| After Election: | Jan P. Syse |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (Norway) |
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 10 and 11 September 1989.[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 63 of the 165 seats.
The non-socialist parties gained a majority, and Jan P. Syse became prime minister of a coalition minority cabinet consisting of the Conservative Party, the Christian Democratic Party, and the Centre Party. This cabinet was disbanded a year later after the Centre Party broke with the Conservatives over the Norwegian EU membership issue. Gro Harlem Brundtland became prime minister in 1990, forming a minority Labour government until the 1993 election four years later.
See also: List of political parties in Norway.
| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | 1985 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||||
| align=center | Ap | Labour Party Arbeiderpartiet | Social democracy | Centre-left | Gro Harlem Brundtland | align=center | 40.8% | ||
| align=center | H | Conservative Party Høyre | Conservatism Factions: | Centre-right | Jan P. Syse | align=center | 30.4% | ||
| KrF | Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti | Christian democracy | Centre to centre-right | Kjell Magne Bondevik | 8.2% | ||||
| Sp | Centre Party Senterpartiet | Agrarianism | Centre | Johan J. Jakobsen | 6.6% | ||||
| SV | Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti | Democratic socialism | Left-wing | Erik Solheim | 5.4% | ||||
| FrP | Progress Party Fremskrittspartiet | Classical liberalism | Right-wing | Carl I. Hagen | 3.7% | ||||
| V | Liberal Party Venstre | Social liberalism | Centre | Arne Fjørtoft | 3.1% | ||||
| Party | Original slogan | English translation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | «Ny vekst for Norge» | «New growth for Norway» | ||
| Conservative Party | ||||
| Centre Party | ||||
| Christian Democratic Party | «La livet leve» | «Let life live» | ||
| Liberal Party | ||||
| Progress Party | «Vi vil gjøre noe med det!» | «We will do something with that!» | ||
| Sources: [2] [3] [4] | ||||
| 1989 Norwegian general election debates | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Organiser | Present Invitee Non-invitee | ||||||||||
| Ap | H | KrF | Sp | Sv | Frp | V | Ms | Mdg | Refs | |||
| 21 August 1989 | NRK | P Gro Harlem Brundtland | N Jan P. Syse | N Kjell Magne Bondevik | N Johan J. Jakobsen | N Erik Solheim | P Carl I. Hagen | N Arne Fjørtoft | N Einar Edvardsen | N Birte Simonsen | [5] | |
| 31 August 1989 | NRK | N Gro Harlem Brundtland | N Jan P. Syse | P Kjell Magne Bondevik | N Johan J. Jakobsen | N Erik Solheim | P Carl I. Hagen | N Arne Fjørtoft | N Einar Edvardsen | N Birte Simonsen | ||
| 6 September 1989 | NRK | P Gro Harlem Brundtland | P Jan P. Syse | N Kjell Magne Bondevik | N Johan J. Jakobsen | N Erik Solheim | N Carl I. Hagen | N Arne Fjørtoft | N Einar Edvardsen | N Birte Simonsen | ||
| NRK | P Gunnar Berge, Gro Harlem Brundtland | P Jan P. Syse | P Kjell Magne Bondevik | P Johan J. Jakobsen | P Erik Solheim | P Carl I. Hagen | P Arne Fjørtoft | P Einar Edvardsen | P Birte Simonsen | [6] | ||
| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ap | H | FrP | Sv | KrF | Sp | V | Others | |
| Total vote | 34.27% | 22.23% | 13.04% | 10.08% | 8.49% | 6.47% | 3.20% | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Females | 35.1% | 22.2% | 9.9% | 11.6% | 9.7% | 6.6% | 2.6% | |
| Males | 33.4% | 22.2% | 16.1% | 8.6% | 7.3% | 6.3% | 3.8% | |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18–30 years old | 24.1% | 26.1% | 21.4% | 12.9% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4% | |
| 30-59 years old | 36% | 22% | 10.2% | 11.4% | 7.3% | 7.2% | 3.3% | |
| 60 years old and older | 41.5% | 18.4% | 10.4% | 3.5% | 16.2% | 7.2% | 2% | |
| Work | ||||||||
| low income | 35% | 17.5% | 16.6% | 9.5% | 10.1% | 5.3% | 2.7% | |
| Average income | 36.9% | 18% | 13.9% | 10.7% | 8.9% | 7.4% | 2.7% | |
| High income | 28.1% | 34.7% | 9.1% | 10.4% | 5.5% | 4.2% | 4.9% | |
| Education | ||||||||
| Primary school | 52.6% | 11.4% | 11.2% | 6.2% | 8.7% | 6.8% | 1.4% | |
| High school | 33% | 21.6% | 15.6% | 9.6% | 7.5% | 7.7% | 3% | |
| University/college | 14.8% | 37.3% | 8.1% | 16.4% | 10.9% | 2.5% | 6.1% | |
| align=left colspan="9" | Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research[7] | |||||||
| Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ap | H | Frp | SV | KrF | Sp | FfF | ||
| Akershus | 15 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Aust-Agder | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Buskerud | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Finnmark | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hedmark | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hordaland | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Møre og Romsdal | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Nord-Trøndelag | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Nordland | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Oppland | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Oslo | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Østfold | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rogaland | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Sogn og Fjordane | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sør-Trøndelag | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Telemark | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Troms | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Vest-Agder | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Vestfold | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 165 | 63 | 37 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 |
| align=left colspan="9" | Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk | |||||||