The new plan was launched on the government website, where it is described as “the main priorities for the current period of government,” thereby representing the key strategies Støre wants the Labour minority government to implement following its victory in September's election.
Much of the government’s work since the election so far has focused on passing a 2026 budget, which it achieved earlier this month after protracted negotiations.
With the budget out of the way, Støre and Labour have announced how they are to go about fulfilling election promises to voters.
The Plan for Norway is focused on five key areas in which the government said it wants to provide “security”: the economy, work and business, children and young people, health, and national security.
This includes a number of new measures aimed at restricting immigration, which were reported at the end of last week.
Another element of the plan which had already been revealed is a policy increasing the use of private hospitals to provide services in the public health service, in a bid to reduce waiting times.
“Instead of a traditional government platform with hundreds of individual measures, the government is pointing out five targets, clear priorities and major projects for Norway,” Støre said at a briefing.
“That will give more strength to govern the country and to achieve the most important things for the here and now,” he said.
More specifically, the government has set a target of increasing employment by 150,000 by 2030.
It is promising tax reforms which it says will drive competitiveness and reduce inequality, to introduce an age limit of 15 on social media and a billion kroner of spending on schools to improve literacy, and a series of measures aimed at boosting the military as well as domestic security.
It also wants 80 percent of public sector organisations to use AI by 2030, saying this will improve efficiency.
Overall, the government sets out 26 different projects which cover the five main areas. These are detailed in full in the announcement on its website.
Opposition parties have criticised the plan for not being specific enough and cast doubts on its environmental credentials, according to comments reported by newspaper VG.
The leader of the far-right Progress Party, Sylvi Listhaug, said that “Norway needs more planning and less talk” from the government.
Listhaug also accused the Labour government of trying to solve problems of its own making.
“A budget has just been passed which will make cuts to core services like health, elderly care, schools and the police. Do Labour think people aren’t paying attention?,” she said.
Outgoing Conservative leader Erna Solberg said “Labour is presenting fancy words but no real political solutions.”
The Liberal leader, Guri Melby, said 2030 climate targets had been “buried” by the plan and even the Centre Party, which backs Støre as PM, was critical.
“Norway is in need of concrete political decisions, not words. This plan, however, is full of slogans and platitudes,” Centre Party leader Trygve Slagsvold Vedum said according to VG.
“Unfortunately, the Labour government does not present a single new measure in the plan to ensure development across the whole of Norway,” he said.
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