Norway’s left-wing bloc led by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store won Monday’s legislative elections, which also saw a record surge in support for the anti-immigration Progress Party.

In power since 2021, Store is expected to continue to head a minority Labour government, backed up by the other four left-wing parties.

The election campaign in the wealthy nation of 5.6 million people had centred largely on domestic issues but was also influenced by geopolitics, including US President Donald Trump’s policies and the war in Ukraine.

Norway’s five-party left-wing bloc won a narrow majority of 87 of the 169 seats in parliament, compared to 82 for the right-wing bloc, results showed with almost all ballots counted.

“We knew it would be close, and it was. We knew we’d have to give it our all, an

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