Talk:Kjell Magne Bondevik

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The IPA pronunciation was wrong. I've tried to fix it, but I am not 100% sure about how to write the "gn" in "Magne."

Bondevik seems not to have been elected to the Storting at this election, at least I cannot find him at the government elections website. Did he retire, or was he defeated? Adam 14:15, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

He didn't run. --Samuelsen 14:51, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

So he retired at this election? Should not the article say this? Who was the government candidate for Prime Minister? Adam 14:54, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

He planned to continue as PM without running for a seat in the Storting. --Samuelsen 14:59, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Can one be PM of Norway without being a member of the Storting? Adam 00:41, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

There are no rules against it. The Constitution only says:

The King himself chooses a Council from among Norwegian citizens who are entitled to vote. This Council shall consist of a Prime Minister and at least seven other Members.

I don't think it has happened since 1884, though. --Samuelsen 08:42, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

It seems extremely arrogant. Was this one of the reasons the government was defeated? Adam 08:57, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

I don't think so. None of his opponents attacked him for it during the election campaign. --Samuelsen 10:11, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

I have done some calculations at my website of the election results, which show that the combined right-wing parties polled more votes than the combined left-wing parties, yet the left won the elections with 88 seats to 81. This shouldn't happen in a pure PR system like Norway's. I can only surmise that there is a bias in the electoral system in favour of the smaller and more northern counties where the left is strongest. Is this the case? [ User:Adam Carr ]

The left got more total votes if you include all the parties (you probably left out one, as did everyone who tried to make the same point in the days after the election). There is however a bias in favour of the counties with smaller population, and in disfavour of the more populous ones (such as Oslo). The bias was larger in previous elections (there was a reform that corrected it to some degree). Oh and, a lot of people did find it arrogant that Bondevik tried to run for PM without participating in the election. I'm not sure it made much difference though, since Bondevik was never very popular anyway. -- Late reply from Kvaks 17:38, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Verified tag

Can anyone explain why? --Leifern 15:34, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

I suppose the tag was added because the article does not cite its sources, and the article has been the subject of controversy and/or vandalism. It would probably help if a reference list was added. --Eddi (Talk) 23:29, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

I added a POV-tag, because the article is subject of controversy.

What controversy? Shanes 19:14, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nationality

Why is his nationality given as "not-american"? he's Norwegian, you know...—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.69.180.251 (talk • contribs) .

Better now? You can just fix stuff like this yourself, you know. But thanks for noticing! Shanes 14:03, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism

In 2004 he was accused of being a member of the Fellowship Foundation, but continues to deny these claims. Furthermore the media has criticized him for his involvement in the establishment and operation of the Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights which was established from the donations of Norwegian companies that are believed to be loyal to Bondevik. The Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) expressed the opinion of that the Centre was not an ethically acceptable project and thus questioned the former Prime Minister's involvement.