Yet the real question is not why he won, but why Mr Bondevik lost.
Last time, the prime minister, Kjell Magne Bondevik, and his fellow Christian Democrats voted against joining.
If Mr Bondevik helps Norwegians discover the meaning of life, they might even re-elect him.
If Mr Bondevik's shaky partnership collapses after a few weeks, Labour, which refuses to build coalitions, could be back.
Mr Bondevik and Mr Jagland, the two possible prime ministers, both see danger.
But it is led by a popular prime minister, Kjell Magne Bondevik, a Lutheran priest and ardent football fan.
And, though most Norwegians still like Mr Bondevik, he lacks the political muscle to call his legislature to heel.
For all his lofty talk of non-material values, Mr Bondevik's first plan is to spend a load more on welfare.
Plainly, Mr Bondevik's Christian People's Party does not get on with its partners, the rural Centre Party and the free-market Liberals.
The minority centre-right government formed after the 2001 election by Kjell Magne Bondevik needs the Progress Party's votes to stay in power.
Mr Bondevik's team ignored the country's central bank, which had pleaded with it to tighten fiscal policy to stop the economy overheating.
So Mr Bondevik cannot call parliament's bluff by demanding a fresh poll.
For some time, Mr Bondevik's crew have been administering rather than governing.
The commission is not supposed to deliver certainty, still less the sort of sermon you might hear in one of Mr Bondevik's churches.
But several prominent Norwegians, including Kjell Magne Bondevik, a former prime minister who leads the opposition Christian Democrats, have raised questions about the monarchy's future.
The first crack at forming a coalition will therefore go to an amiable nonentity, Kjell Magne Bondevik, leader of the middle-of-the-road Christian People's Party, which made big gains.
He and his two allied parties romped home with 87 of the parliament's 169 seats among them, giving him a comfortable majority over the outgoing centre-right coalition led by Kjell Magne Bondevik.
It is unclear why Norway was targeted in the tape, but Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, who visited Washington last week, said Wednesday he takes the threat seriously and has informed all embassies, companies and Norwegians abroad.
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