Norway: attitude towards Norway being a monarchy by region 2017

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in 2017 on the attitude of Norwegians towards Norway being a monarchy, by region. During the survey period, 85 percent of respondents from Northern Norway stated to support the monarchy. 81 percent of respondents in Central as well as in Eastern Norway had the same opinion. The highest share of respondents wanting another form of government was among people from Oslo (25 percent).

Do you support Norway being a monarchy, or do you want it to change to another form of government, such as republic?

Characteristic	Northern Norway	Central Norway	Western Norway	Eastern Norway	Southern Norway*	Oslo
Support monarchy	85%	81%	82%	81%	84%	69%
Want another form of government	11%	13%	15%	14%	13%	25%
Don't know	4%	6%	3%	4%	3%	6%

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Release date

February 2017

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Region

Norway

Survey time period

February 2017

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Supplementary notes

* Incl. Telemark.

The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "Støtter du at Norge er et monarki, eller vil du endre til en annen styreform, for eksempel republikk?"

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