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Parliament was established by the Constitution of Norway in 1814 and has since 1866 met in the Parliament of Norway Building, designed by Emil Victor Langlet.

Parliamentarianism was established in 1884, and until 2009 practiced qualified unicameralism with two chambers: the Lagting and the Odelsting.

Following the 2009 election, seven parties are represented in parliament: the Labour Party ( 64 representatives ), the Progress Party ( 41 ), the Conservative Party ( 30 ), the Socialist Left Party ( 11 ), the Centre Party ( 11 ), the Christian Democratic Party ( 10 ) and the Liberal Party ( 2 ).