This means that from Friday 1^st October until the newly elected Storting is formally constituted at 1pm. on Saturday 9^th October, the Storting does not have a Presidium.

Section 1 of the Storting’s Rules of Procedure ("Constitution after a general election") states that "When the Storting assembles after a general election, the post of President shall on request be temporarily assumed by the President of the previous Storting."

The Rules of Procedure stipulate that the previous Storting’s President will be asked to preside during the newly-elected Storting’s sittings until a new President has been elected. It is essential that the Storting has a President in place when a new Parliament starts its work.

Last term’s President of the Storting, Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen, presided over the new Storting’s constituent sitting on 1^st October, and will do so again during the sittings to consider the Credentials Committees’ recommendation on 8^th October and to elect the new President of the Storting on 9^th October.