Norway’s left-leaning parties begin talks to form a government

Labour leader Jonas Gahr Store hopes to create coalition including Centre party and Socialist Left

Norway's left-leaning opposition parties have begun talks to form a new coalition government after winning a landslide victory in elections dominated by the climate crisis and the future of the country's huge oil and gas industry.

The Labour party leader, Jonas Gahr Store, is hoping to persuade the agrarian Centre party and left-wing Socialist Left to join a government that would have 89 MPs, four more than needed for an absolute majority in the 169-seat parliament.