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From 1981 to 1997, governments alternated between Labor minority governments under Brundtland and Conservative-led coalition governments under [[Kåre Willoch]]. The first government coalition led by Christian Democrat [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] came to power in 1997, but fell in March 2000 over the issue of proposed gas-fired power plants, opposed by Bondevik due to their impact on climate change. The Labor Party's [[Jens Stoltenberg]], a Brundtland protégé, took over in a minority Labor government but lost power in the September 2001 election when Labor posted its worse performance since World War I. Bondevik once again became Prime Minister, this time as head of a minority government with the Conservatives and Liberals in a coalition heavily dependent upon the right-populist [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]].

From 1981 to 1997, governments alternated between Labor minority governments under Brundtland and Conservative-led coalition governments under [[Kåre Willoch]]. The first government coalition led by Christian Democrat [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] came to power in 1997, but fell in March 2000 over the issue of proposed gas-fired power plants, opposed by Bondevik due to their impact on climate change. The Labor Party's [[Jens Stoltenberg]], a Brundtland protégé, took over in a minority Labor government but lost power in the September 2001 election when Labor posted its worse performance since World War I. Bondevik once again became Prime Minister, this time as head of a minority government with the Conservatives and Liberals in a coalition heavily dependent upon the right-populist [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]].

Brundtland's maybe most famous quote is from her 1992 New Years Eve Speech:

Brundtland's maybe most famous quote is from her 1992 New Year's Eve Speech:

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{{cquote|It's typically Norwegian to be good.}}