List of political parties in Norway

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Norway has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party can easily gain a majority of the 169 legislative seats. Parties may cooperate to form coalition governments.

The parties

Parliamentary parties

English party name Norwegian party name
Abbreviation		 Associated ideology Current leader International affiliation Representation
Parliament (2013)[1] County councils (2011)[2]
Labour Party Arbeiderpartiet (bokmål)
Arbeidarpartiet (nynorsk)
Ap		 Social democracy[3] Jonas Gahr Støre Progressive Alliance,
Socialist International,
Party of European Socialists		 55 (30.8%) 273
Conservative Party Høyre (bokmål)
Høgre (nynorsk)
H		 Conservatism, Liberal conservatism[3] Erna Solberg International Democrat Union,
European People's Party		 48 (26.8%) 210
Progress Party Fremskrittspartiet (bokmål)
Framstegspartiet (nynorsk)
FrP		 Conservative liberalism,[3][4]
Economic liberal,[5]
Right-wing populism[3][6]
 Siv Jensen none 29 (16.3%) 96
Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti (bokmål)
Kristeleg Folkeparti (nynorsk)
KrF		 Christian democracy[3] Knut Arild Hareide Centrist Democrat International,
European People's Party		 10 (5.6%) 47
Centre Party Senterpartiet
Sp		 Agrarianism,[3][7]
Centrism,[3]
Euroscepticism,[8]		 Trygve Slagsvold Vedum none 10 (5.5%) 61
Liberal Party Venstre
V		 Social liberalism[3] Trine Skei Grande Liberal International,
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party		 9 (5.2%) 46
Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti
SV		 Democratic socialism,[3]
Eco-Socialism[3]		 Audun Lysbakken Nordic Green Left Alliance 7 (4.1%) 34
Green Party Miljøpartiet De Grønne Green Harald Nissen
Hanna Marcussen		 European Green Party 1 (2.8%) 2

Non-parliamentary parties

English party name Norwegian party name Associated ideology Current leader International affiliation 2013 Parliamentary election County councils (2011)
Red Rødt Revolutionary socialism, Communism [9] Bjørnar Moxnes none 1.1% 7
The Christians De Kristne Christian right Erik Selle none 0.6% 0
Pensioners Party Pensjonistpartiet Pensioners' interests Ragnar Dahl none 0.4% 3
Pirate party Piratpartiet Norge Pirate politics Øystein Jakobsen Pirate Parties International, European Pirate Party 0.3% 0
Christian Unity Party Kristent Samlingsparti Christian right Ørnulf Nandrup none 0.1% 0
Coastal Party Kystpartiet Conservatism Kjell Ivar Vestå none 0.1% 3
Democrats Demokratene Populism Elisabeth Rue Strencbo none 0.1% 1
Capitalist Party Liberalistene Classical Liberalism, Libertarianism, Laissez-faire Espen Hagen Hammer Interlibertarians 0% 0
Communist Party of Norway Norges Kommunistiske Parti Communism Svend Haakon Jacobsen International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties 0.0% 0
Liberal People's Party Det Liberale Folkepartiet Classical liberalism, Libertarianism Vegard Martinsen none 0.0% 0
Contemporary Party Samtidspartiet Muslims' interests Ghuffor Butt none 0.0% 0
Center Alliance Sentrumsalliansen Centrism, Western Norway's interests Merete Andreassen none 0.0% 0
Abortion Opponents' List Abortmotstandernes Liste Pro-life Ludvig Nessa none 0.0% 0
Society Party Samfunnspartiet Anarchism Øystein Johannessen none 0.0% 0
One (Written) Language Ett (skrift)språk Anti-Nynorsk Einar Smørdal none 0.0% 0
Non-Partisan Deputies Tverrpolitisk folkevalgte none Harald O. Haram none 0.0% 0
Norwegian Republican Alliance Norsk Republikansk Allianse Republicanism Erland Skattem none 0.0% 0
Sami People's Party Samefolkets parti Sami interests Birger Randulf Nymo none - 1

Inactive parties

Defunct parties

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Stortingsvalet, 9. september 2013". ssb.no. 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
  2. ↑ "Valg 2011". Regjeringen.no. 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Wolfram Nordsieck. "Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck". Parties-and-elections.eu. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  4. ↑ "European Election Database (EED)". Nsd.uib.no. 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  5. ↑ "Ideology and Principles of the Progress Party" (PDF). FrP.no. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ Jan-Erik Lane; Svante O· Ersson (1999). Politics and Society in Western Europe. SAGE Publications. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-0-7619-5862-8. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "12.2.2 Partienes syn...". regjeringen.no. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  9. ↑

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