President of the Storting

E312062

parliamentary office political office presiding officer

The President of the Storting is the presiding officer and highest-ranking official of Norway’s national parliament, responsible for leading its proceedings and representing the legislature.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
President of the Storting canonical	2
Stortingspresident	1
president of the Storting	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2932392 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: President of the Storting
Context triple: [Thorbjørn Jagland, positionHeld, President of the Storting]

A. Speaker of the Riksdag
The Speaker of the Riksdag is the presiding officer and highest-ranking official of Sweden’s national legislature, responsible for leading parliamentary work and formally overseeing the formation of the government.
B. Prime Minister of Norway
The Prime Minister of Norway is the head of government who leads the executive branch, sets national policy, and represents Norway both domestically and internationally.
C. Speaker of the Althing
The Speaker of the Althing is the presiding officer and highest-ranking official of Iceland’s national parliament, responsible for overseeing its proceedings and representing the legislature.
D. Chief Justice of Norway
The Chief Justice of Norway is the head of the Supreme Court and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Norwegian legal system.
E. President of the Council of the Nation
The President of the Council of the Nation is the leading parliamentary official who heads and oversees the upper house of Algeria’s national legislature.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: President of the Storting
Target entity description: The President of the Storting is the presiding officer and highest-ranking official of Norway’s national parliament, responsible for leading its proceedings and representing the legislature.

A. Speaker of the Riksdag
The Speaker of the Riksdag is the presiding officer and highest-ranking official of Sweden’s national legislature, responsible for leading parliamentary work and formally overseeing the formation of the government.
B. Prime Minister of Norway
The Prime Minister of Norway is the head of government who leads the executive branch, sets national policy, and represents Norway both domestically and internationally.
C. Speaker of the Althing
The Speaker of the Althing is the presiding officer and highest-ranking official of Iceland’s national parliament, responsible for overseeing its proceedings and representing the legislature.
D. Chief Justice of Norway
The Chief Justice of Norway is the head of the Supreme Court and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Norwegian legal system.
E. President of the Council of the Nation
The President of the Council of the Nation is the leading parliamentary official who heads and oversees the upper house of Algeria’s national legislature.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary office ⓘ political office ⓘ presiding officer ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Parliament of Norway ⓘ Storting ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Norway
belongsToPoliticalSystem	constitutional monarchy ⓘ parliamentary democracy of Norway ⓘ
canBeReelected	yes ⓘ
country	Norway ⓘ
equivalentOfficeInOtherCountries	President of the Bundestag (Germany) ⓘ linked to: President of the Bundestag Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) ⓘ linked to: Speaker of the House of Commons Speaker of the House of Representatives (United States) ⓘ linked to: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
governmentBranch	legislative branch ⓘ
hasPart	vice presidents of the Storting ⓘ
isHighestRankingOfficialOf	Parliament of Norway ⓘ Storting ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Norway
isPartOf	Presidium of the Storting ⓘ
isPresidingOfficerOf	Parliament of Norway ⓘ Storting ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Norway
isSecondOnlyTo	King of Norway in ceremonial precedence (often alongside the Prime Minister) ⓘ
languageUsed	Norwegian ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Norway ⓘ Oslo ⓘ
nativeLabel	Stortingspresident ⓘ linked to: President of the Storting
nativeLanguage	Norwegian ⓘ
officeCreatedFor	Parliament of Norway ⓘ Storting ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Norway
officeHolderMustBe	elected representative ⓘ member of the Storting ⓘ
officeType	speaker of parliament ⓘ
rankInNorwegianOrderOfPrecedence	high ⓘ
represents	Parliament of Norway ⓘ Storting ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Norway legislature of Norway ⓘ
residenceCountry	Norway ⓘ
responsibleFor	chairing plenary sittings ⓘ interpreting the rules of procedure ⓘ leading parliamentary proceedings ⓘ maintaining order in the chamber ⓘ overseeing the work of the Presidium ⓘ representing the Storting externally ⓘ signing parliamentary decisions ⓘ
seat	Oslo ⓘ Storting building ⓘ
selectionMethod	elected by the Storting ⓘ indirect election ⓘ
termLength	parliamentary term ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thorbjørn Jagland → positionHeld → President of the Storting ⓘ

President of the Storting → nativeLabel → Stortingspresident ⓘ

linked to: President of the Storting

Thorbjørn Jagland → positionHeld → President of the Storting ⓘ

subject linked to: Hanne Grotjord

Johan Sverdrup → positionHeld → president of the Storting ⓘ