Norway heads to the polls in highly polarised ‘Maga-fication’ election

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Norway heads to the polls in highly polarised ‘Maga-fication’ election

Centre-left has rallied but uproar over cost of living and oil fund investment in Israel means outcome is hard to predict

Norway goes to the polls on Monday after an unusually close-fought and polarised election dominated by the cost of living, wealth taxes, oil fund investment in Israel and relations with Donald Trump.

There has been a surge in support for the populist rightwing Progress party led by Sylvi Listhaug, in what has been described by some as “the Maga-fication” of Norwegian politics. In the event of a rightwing victory, Listhaug could become prime minister.

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