Politics
As a borough of Oslo, Nordre Aker is governed by the city council of Oslo (in a parliamentary system) as well as its own borough council. The borough council leader is Bent Gether-Rønning from the Conservative Party, and the deputy leader is May-Brith Døssland of the Liberal Party. The 15 seats are distributed among the following political parties:
- 1 from Red (Rødt)
- 2 from the Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti)
- 4 from the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)
- 2 from the Liberal Party (Venstre)
- 4 from the Conservative Party (Høyre)
- 2 from the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)
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