Free-minded Liberal Party
Free-minded Liberal Party Frisinnede Venstre | |
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Founded | 1909 |
Dissolved | 1945 |
Split from | |
The Free-minded Liberal Party (
History
The Free-minded Liberal Party was founded in March 1909 under influence of Norway's first independent Prime Minister,
The party initiated a close cooperation with the
Notably
The two parties participated in several governments together in the 1920s, until they started drifting increasingly apart towards the end of the decade. In 1931, the Free-minded changed their name to the Free-minded People's Party, and was subsequently reduced to a single representative from Trondheim in the 1933 election. It contested its last election in 1936 in electoral cooperations with the Fatherland League and Nasjonal Samling (NS), failing to secure a single seat.[11] By then most of the local and regional chapters had returned to or joined the Conservatives.[11] The party was not reorganised in 1945.[12]
The first non-Labour Prime Minister after the war, John Lyng, was a member of the party before he joined the Conservatives in 1938.[13] Historian and journalist Hans Fredrik Dahl has described the Progress Party as a spiritual successor to the party.[14]
Party leaders
The party leaders were Abraham Berge (1909–1910), Magnus Halvorsen (1910–1912), William Martin Nygaard (1912–1915), Erik Enge (1915–1918), Bernt Holtsmark (1918–1922), Oluf Christian Müller (1922–1924), Karl Wefring (1924–1925), P. A. Holm (1925–1930), Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (acting, 1930–1931) Einar Greve (1931–1933), Rolf Thommessen (1933–1936), Rudolf Ræder (1936–1937) and Trygve Swensen (1937–1939).[15]
Election results
Date | Votes | Seats | Position | Size | |||
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No. | % | ± pp | No. | ± | |||
1909 | 175,388 | 41.49 %1 | New | 23 / 123
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New | Coalition (from 1910, H–FV) | 3rd |
1912 | 162,074 | 33.15 %1 | 8.34 | 4 / 123
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19 | Coalition (1912–1913, H–FV) | 5th |
Opposition (from 1913) | |||||||
1915 | 179,028 | 28.98 %1 | 4.17 | 1 / 123
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3 | Opposition | 5th |
1918 | 201,325 | 30.39 %1 | 1.41 | 10 / 126
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9 | Opposition (1918–1920) | 4th |
Coalition (from 1920, H–FV) | |||||||
1921 | 301,372 | 33.31 %1 | 2.92 | 15 / 150
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5 | Opposition (1921–1923) | 5th |
Coalition (from 1923, H–FV) | |||||||
1924 | 316,846 | 32.53 %1 | 0.78 | 11 / 150
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4 | Opposition (1924–1926) | 5th |
Coalition (from 1926, H–FV) | |||||||
1927 | 254,530 | 25.47 %2 | 7.06 | 2 / 150
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9 | Coalition (1927–1928, H–FV) | 6th |
Opposition (from 1928) | |||||||
1930 | 358,734 | 30.02%2 | 4.55 | 5 / 150
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3 | Opposition | 5th |
1933 | 272,690 | 21.84 %2 [a] | 7.5 | 1 / 150
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4 | Opposition | 5th |
1936 | 329,560 | 1.3 %3 [a] | 0.8 | 0 / 150
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1 | Extra-parliamentary | ? |
Year | Vote % | Type |
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1910 | 6.6 | City Municipal |
1913 | 5.8 | City Municipal |
1916 | 3.2 | City Municipal |
1919 | 2.0 | City Municipal |
1922 | 6.5 | City Municipal |
1928 | 1.9 | City Municipal |
1931 | 4.9 | City Municipal |
1934 | 3.07 | City Municipal |
1937 | 1.8 | City Municipal |
- Full electoral cooperation with the Conservatives. The votes are united.
- Support for individual lists. There were also joint lists with the Conservative Party
- Support for individual lists with the Fatherland League. There were also joint lists with the Conservative Party.
References
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- ^ ISBN 978-0-582-00113-8.
After 1905 Venstre changed its policy away from more traditional economic liberalism, and again lost a considerable number of members. While some joined Høyre, others subsequently established another Liberal Party. Frisinnede Venstre (National Liberals), which contested elections from 1909 to 1936 (after 1931 under the name Frisinnede Folkeparti or Liberal People's Party).
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- ^ Peder Roberts (2011). The European Antarctic: Science and Strategy in Scandinavia and the British Empire, p.189
- ^ a b "Chr. Michelsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). 27 January 2023.
- ^ ISBN 82-10-00922-2.
- ^ ISBN 82-02-04990-3.
- ^ Leiv Mjeldheim. "Wollert Konow". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
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- ^ "Anna Rogstad – første kvinne på Stortinget i 1911". Stortinget.no (in Norwegian). 15 February 2011.
- ^ ISBN 82-02-04991-1.
- ^ "Frisinnede Venstre". Store norske leksikon. 22 January 2023.
- ^ "John Lyng: Prime Minister 1963". Government.no. 13 March 2012.
- ^ Hans Fredrik Dahl, "Til høyre for Høyre", Dagbladet, 13-10-2014
- ^ Carstens, Svein (1987). Det Frisinnede Venstre 1909–1927 (in Norwegian). Trondheim: University of Trondheim.