Although in practice Norway has been a parliamentary democracy since 1884 its political institutions differ in a number of ways from the typical parliamentary model. Among its peculiar features is a lack of parliamentary dissolution powers and a set of informal and permissive cabinet formation rules which have contributed to Norway's high and increasing frequency of minority governments. This article explores the distinctive features of the democratic chain of delegation and accountability, from voters to ultimate policy-makers, in Norway. It focuses on three increasingly problematic aspects of this chain of delegation: (1) the growing constraints on popular sovereignty due to judicialisation and Europeanisation, (2) the declining importance of parties as vehicles of democratic delegation, and (3) most specifically the Norwegian inclination towards minority government and its consequences. The increasingly fragile minority governments since the 1980s have complicated prospective as well as retrospective accountability in Norway.