Norway is heading into the final weekend of its parliamentary election campaign with the outcome too close to call, as right-leaning opposition parties try to oust Scandinavia’s only remaining left-of-centre government.

Jens Stoltenberg and UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon in Oslo. Mr Stoltenberg has won credit for his handling of the global downturn

Opinion polls indicate that the ruling coalition has a fighting chance of clinging to power in Monday’s vote after helping Norway avoid the worst of the global economic downturn.