Abstract
Norwegian elites exhibit a high level of trust in the main political institutions. Not surprisingly, they have more trust in the political institutions than the general citizenry has. Between 2000 and 2015, Norwegian elites’ trust in the political institutions increased significantly, as did the trust of the general citizenry. The elites’ trust is to some extent promoted by the individual top leaders’ participation in the extensive corporatist system of political decision-making characteristic of Norwegian society. An important factor behind the elites’ political trust is their political preferences. Elite individuals who support political parties on the left have more confidence in parliament and the civil service than top leaders who voted for one of the right-wing parties in 2013. This fact is another illustration of the scepticism of rightists towards an active state. The exception is confidence in the cabinet. The present political power of the conservative or right-wing parties has probably boosted the confidence of right-wing sympathisers in the cabinet.
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