<span style="color: #222222;">In Norway, voting has begun in several large cities in parliamentary elections after a race dominated by the future of oil and the climate crisis.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The official election day is Monday for the 169-member Parliament, but polling got underway on Sunday in the capital Oslo, the main oil city Stavanger and Arctic town Bodo, among others.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">More than a third of the electorate have already cast their votes in advance.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The future of oil in western Europe's largest petroleum producer has dominated the run-up to the polls as small parties demanded Norway take more dramatic action to combat climate change.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The ruling Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Erna Solberg, and the opposition Labor Party, which is leading in opinion polls, both advocate for a gradual move away from the fossil fuels that continue to underpin the economy.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">But the larger parties rarely rule alone in Norway; smaller players are usually required to build a majority coalition, and they can have an outsize influence on the government agenda.</span><br />