As of publication, no date has yet been set for the election of the Storting’s new President.

Svein Harberg, First Vice President of the Storting, will be the acting President of the Storting in Eva Kristin Hansen’s absence.

Chapter 2, Section 6 of the Storting’s Rules of Procedure states the following about the election of Presidents and Secretaries of the Storting.

§ 6 The election of Presidents and Secretaries

At the beginning of a new Storting session, the Storting shall elect a President, a First Vice President, a Second Vice President, a Third Vice President, a Fourth Vice President, a Fifth Vice President, a Secretary and a Vice Secretary.

In the first election of the President and Vice Presidents of the Storting during the electoral term, ballots shall be held by means of unsigned ballot papers. In subsequent elections during the same electoral term, the rules laid down in § 60, first paragraph, subparagraph a) shall apply, unless the conditions for voting by unsigned ballot papers in § 60, first paragraph, subparagraph d) are present.

For the election of Presidents and Secretaries, a simple majority is required, i.e. over half of the votes cast. If none of the candidates obtains such a majority in the first ballot or in a free re-election, a tied ballot shall be held restricted to the two candidates who received the greatest number of votes, cf. § 61, second paragraph.

If at least one-fifth of the Members of the Storting send the President a written demand for a new election of the President of the Storting or a Vice President, the Storting shall carry out such an election.