The issue of how and when the campaign would be conducted was affected by the 2011 Norway attacks on 22 July , which killed 77 people , most of them young supporters of the national Labour Party . On 24 July , the prime minister , the president of the Storting , and the parliamentary leaders of the political parties met for the first time to discuss rules for the political debates which would take place . Liv Signe Navarsete predicted that the election campaign would be considerably muted . On 25 July , the parliamentary leaders of the political parties agreed to delay the start of the campaign until mid-August and to cancel the school debates , because of the 22 July attacks . The school elections were , however , not cancelled
2011 Norway attacks
2011 Norway attacks
2011 Norwegian local elections