Election No. | Year | Prime Minister | Party composition |
1 | 1945 | E. Gerhardsen | Labour |
2 | 1949 | E. Gerhardsen | Labour |
| 1951 | O. Torp | Labour |
3 | 1953 | O. Torp | Labour |
| 1955 | E. Gerhardsen | Labour |
4 | 1957 | E. Gerhardsen | Labour |
5 | 1961 | E. Gerhardsen | Labour |
| 1963 | J. Lyng | Conservative, Agrarian, Christian, Liberal |
| 1963 | E. Gerhardsen | Labour |
6 | 1965 | P. Borten | Agrarian, Christian, Conservative, Liberal |
7 | 1969 | P. Borten | Agrarian, Christian, Conservative, Liberal |
| 1971 | T. Bratteli | Labour |
| 1972 | L. Korvald | Christian, Agrarian, Liberal |
8 | 1973 | T. Bratteli | Labour |
| 1976 | O. Nordli | Labour |
9 | 1977 | O. Nordli | Labour |
| 1981 | G. Harlem Brundtland | Labour |
10 | 1981 | K. Willoch | Conservative |
| 1983 | K. Willoch | Conservative, Agrarian, Christian |
11 | 1985 | K. Willoch | Conservative, Agrarian, Christian |
| 1986 | G. Harlem Brundtland | Labour |
12 | 1989 | J. P. Syse | Conservative, Agrarian, Christian |
| 1990 | G. Harlem Brundtland | Labour |
13 | 1993 | G. Harlem Brundtland | Labour |
| 1996 | T. Jagland | Labour |
14 | 1997 | K. Bondevik | Christian, Agrarian, Liberal |
| 2000 | J. Stoltenberg | Labour |
15 | 2001 | K. Bondevik | Christian, Conservative, Liberal |
16 | 2005 | J. Stoltenberg | Labour, Agrarian, Left-socialist |
17 | 2009 | J. Stoltenberg | Labour, Agrarian, Left-socialist |
18 | 2013 | E. Solberg | Conservative, Populist |