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1121:elections
819:Trondheim
803:Haakon VI
797:from the
665:Trondheim
437:elections
394:President
1024:Archived
969:, p1437
933:See also
776:telegram
747:and the
688:Oscar II
638:Storting
630:republic
626:monarchy
527:Kommuner
387:Storting
311:Monarchy
197:439,748
156:328,827
83:Storting
918:439,748
907:331,230
885:328,827
870:328,827
856:Against
848:259,563
825:Results
807:Olaf IV
715:culture
679:of the
671:Summary
473:Local:
435:Recent
200:75.32%
186:100.00%
181:331,230
159:99.27%
148:21.06%
145:69,264
124:259,563
91:Results
1054:
973:
910:100.00
873:100.00
859:69,264
834:Choice
703:Danish
634:Norway
518:Fylker
259:
254:
248:
242:
236:
230:
170:0.73%
167:2,403
129:78.94%
105:Votes
101:Choice
921:75.32
896:2,403
888:99.27
867:Total
862:21.06
851:78.94
837:Votes
1736:1994
1731:1972
1726:1926
1721:1919
1695:2021
1690:2017
1685:2013
1680:2009
1675:2005
1670:2001
1665:1997
1660:1993
1655:1989
1637:2023
1632:2019
1627:2015
1622:2011
1617:2007
1612:2003
1607:1999
1602:1995
1597:1991
1592:1987
1587:1983
1582:1979
1577:1975
1572:1971
1567:1967
1562:1963
1557:1959
1552:1955
1547:1951
1542:1947
1537:1945
1532:1937
1527:1934
1522:1931
1517:1928
1512:1925
1507:1922
1502:1919
1497:1916
1492:1913
1487:1910
1482:1907
1477:1904
1472:1901
1467:1898
1450:2025
1444:2021
1439:2017
1434:2013
1429:2009
1424:2005
1419:2001
1414:1997
1409:1993
1404:1989
1399:1985
1394:1981
1389:1977
1384:1973
1379:1969
1374:1965
1369:1961
1364:1957
1359:1953
1354:1949
1349:1945
1344:1936
1339:1933
1334:1930
1329:1927
1324:1924
1319:1921
1314:1918
1309:1915
1304:1912
1299:1909
1294:1906
1289:1903
1284:1900
1279:1897
1274:1894
1269:1891
1264:1888
1259:1885
1254:1882
1249:1879
1244:1876
1239:1873
1234:1870
1229:1868
1224:1865
1219:1862
1214:1859
1209:1856
1204:1853
1199:1850
1194:1847
1189:1844
1184:1841
1179:1838
1174:1835
1169:1832
1164:1829
1159:1826
1154:1823
1149:1820
1144:1817
1139:1815
1052:ISBN
971:ISBN
899:0.73
805:and
724:and
713:and
490:2011
485:2015
480:2019
475:2023
463:2009
458:2013
453:2017
448:2021
355:list
845:For
817:in
789:in
663:in
226:Yes
119:Yes
1753::
981:^
821:.
755:.
736:.
717:.
396::
357:)
141:No
108:%
1096:e
1089:t
1082:v
840:%
613:e
606:t
599:v
529:)
520:)
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347:)
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