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political parties, in which no party can easily gain a majority of the 169 legislative seats. Parties may cooperate to form coalition governments
.

History

1884–1905

The oldest political party in Norway is the

parliamentarism, with Liberals in favor and Conservatives in opposition. Until 1903, Norway was, for all intents and purposes, a two-party system;[1] the smaller Moderate Liberal Party joined the Conservatives in a de facto permanent electoral coalition from the 1891 election
.

1905–1945

During the first years of the 20th century, major electoral shifts took place. In 1903, the leftist

1921 elections, the former two-round, single-member district system was replaced with proportional representation,[2] allowing for further gains for medium-sized parties such as Labour and the Farmers' Party, which had been formed the previous year. In 1927, Labour surged to first place nationally, a position it has held in every single election since then. In 1928, they formed their first government, ending the decades-long power-alteration between Liberals and Conservatives. This government, headed by Christopher Hornsrud, was short-lived, however; it lasted a mere 18 days.[3] The Farmers' Party followed suit, sitting in government briefly from 1931 to 1933, under Peder Kolstad and Jens Hundseid. Despite the surge of previously minor parties, the Liberals and Conservatives retained significance, with Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1933–1935) serving as the last Liberal prime minister to date. With the onset of World War II, Johan Nygaardsvold
from the Labour Party served as de jure prime minister for a decade, from 1935 to 1945.

During the

Nazi occupation of Norway, political opposition to the collaborationist regime of Vidkun Quisling and the Nasjonal Samling party was silenced and prosecuted; Nygaardsvold's cabinet went into exile in London in 1940, and did not return before 1945.[4][5]

1945–2001

From the first post-war elections in

Socialist Electoral League, which would later become the right-wing Progress Party and Socialist Left
, respectively. Both of these groups remained relatively isolated on the political scene for the subsequent decades; the Socialist Left did not enter government before 2005, while the Progress Party was not included in a centre-right pact before in 2013.

2001–present day

The

Red-Green Coalition won a majority in parliament, with Jens Stoltenberg
returning as prime minister, and serving until 2013.

The 2013 election provided the bloc of the Conservative Erna Solberg a clear parliamentary majority, with 96 of the 169 seats in parliament. She formed a government with the Progress Party of Siv Jensen, breaking the latter's decades-long isolation from the other centre-right parties.[6] Four years later, the centre-right parties managed to retain the majority in parliament with 88 of the 169 seats. Solberg continued to serve as prime minister, with different combinations of government coalition partners, all four parties at some time were part of Solberg Cabinet. In the most recent election of 2021, the result swung in strong favour of the centre-left parties who gathered 100 of 169 seats in the Storting. This led to a new government with Jonas Gahr Støre as prime minister, consisting of the Labour party and the Centre party.

Political parties

Parties currently in Parliament

Party Founded Ideology Position Leader Affiliation 2021 parliamentary election 2019 Norwegian local elections
International European
MPs
 '21 election
vote share
Municipal
councils
County
councils
 '19 election
vote share
Ap Labour Party
Arbeiderpartiet 		1887 Social democracy Centre-left Jonas Gahr Støre PA PES
48 / 169
 26.3%
2,583 / 9,344
148 / 574
 24.8%
H Conservative Party
Høyre 		1884 Liberal conservatism Centre-right Erna Solberg
IDU
 EPP
36 / 169
 20.4%
1,488 / 9,344
107 / 574
 20.1%
Sp Centre Party
Senterpartiet 		1920 Nordic agrarianism Centre Trygve Slagsvold Vedum None None
28 / 169
 13.5%
2,265 / 9,344
106 / 574
 14.4%
Frp Progress Party
Fremskrittspartiet 		1973 Right-wing populism Right-wing to far-right Sylvi Listhaug None
EC/DA
(non-member)
21 / 169
 11.6%
701 / 9,344
55 / 574
 8.2%
SV Socialist Left Party
Sosialistisk Venstreparti 		1975 Democratic socialism Left-wing Kirsti Bergstø None NGLA
13 / 169
 7.6%
459 / 9,344
34 / 574
 6.1%
R Red Party
Rødt 		2007 Socialism Left-wing to far-left Marie Sneve Martinussen None None
8 / 169
 4.7%
193 / 9,344
20 / 574
 3.8%
V Liberal Party
Venstre 		1884 Social liberalism Centre Guri Melby LI ALDE
8 / 169
 4.6%
264 / 9,344
16 / 574
 3.9%
MDG Green Party
Miljøpartiet De Grønne 		1988 Green politics Centre-left Arild Hermstad GG EGP
3 / 169
 3.9%
310 / 9,344
36 / 574
 6.8%
KrF Christian Democratic Party
Kristelig Folkeparti 		1933 Christian democracy Centre to
centre-right 		Dag Inge Ulstein CDI EPP
3 / 169
 3.8%
411 / 9,344
25 / 574
 4.0%
PF Patient Focus
Pasientfokus 		2021 Direct democracy Single-issue Irene Ojala None None
1 / 169
 0.2%
0 / 9,344
0 / 574
 did not participate

Parties currently in the Sámi Parliament of Norway

Party Founded Associated ideology Current leader International
affiliation 		2021 election
vote share 		2021 MPs
Norwegian Sámi Association
Norske Samers Riksforbund 		1968 Sámi interests Silje Karine Muotka None 31.91%
17 / 39
Nordkalottfolket 2005 Populism Toril Bakken Kåven None 18.28%
9 / 39
Labour Party
Arbeiderpartiet 		1887 Social democracy Ronny Wilhelmsen PA 15.04%
7 / 39
Centre Party
Senterpartiet 		1920 Nordic agrarianism Svein O. Leiros None 9.59%
3 / 39
Sámi People's Party
Samefolkets Parti 		1999 Sámi interests Birger Randulf Nymo None 5.58%
1 / 39
Progress Party
Fremskrittspartiet 		1973 Right-wing populism Arthur Tørfoss None 4.77%
1 / 39
Ávjovári Moving Sámi List
Ávjovári Flyttsameliste 		1999 Moving Sámi interests Berit Marie Eira None 2.38%
1 / 39

Non-parliamentary parties with elected local representatives

Party Founded Associated ideology Current leader International
affiliation 		2021 election
vote share 		2023 election
vote share 		2023 municipal
council members 		2023 county
council members
Industry and Business Party
Industri og Næringspartiet 		2020 Syncretic politics Ann Jorun Hillersøy None 0.34% 3.06%
241 / 7,791
30 / 664
Pensioners' Party
Pensjonistpartiet 		1985 Pensioners' interests Kurt Johnny Hæggernæs None 0.64% 1.50%
84 / 7,791
9 / 664
Norway Democrats
Norgesdemokratene 		2002 National conservatism Geir Ugland Jacobsen None 1.14% 0.50%
10 / 7,791
0 / 664
Conservative
Konservativt 		2011 Christian right Erik Selle None 0.35% 0.47%
14 / 7,791
1 / 664
The Center
Partiet Sentrum 		2020 Centrism Geir Lippestad None 0.26% 0.42%
7 / 7,791
0 / 664
Coastal Party
Kystpartiet 		1999 Northern regionalism Kathy Fjellstad None 0.01% 0.02%
1 / 7,791
0 / 664

Non-parliamentary parties with no elected representation

Party Founded Associated ideology Current leader International
affiliation 		2021 election
vote share
Health Party
Helsepartiet 		2016 Health politics Lise Askvik None 0.22%
Capitalist Party

Liberalistene 		2014 Classical liberalism Arnt Rune Flekstad IALP 0.15%
People's Party FNB

Folkets Parti FNB 		2014 Single-issue politics Cecilie Lyngby None 0.12%
Alliance - Alternative for Norway
Alliansen - Alternativ for Norge 		2016 Alt-right Hans Jørgen Lysglimt Johansen None 0.08%
Pirate Party

Piratpartiet 		2012 Pirate politics Svein Mork Dahl PPI, PPEU 0.08%
Communist Party of Norway
Norges Kommunistiske Parti 		1903 Marxism–Leninism Runa Evensen IMCWP 0.01%
Feminist Initiative
Feministisk Initiativ 		2015 Radical feminism Cathrine Linn Kristiansen,
Sunniva Schultze-Florey 		None 0.01%
Generation Party
Generasjonspartiet 		2020 Holism Gyda Oddekalv None 0.01%
Save Nature
Redd Naturen 		2020 Anti-wind power Petter Johan Holt None 0.00%
Árja
Innsatsvilje 		2008 Traditionalism Láilá Susanne Vars None 5.33% [7]
People's Federation of the Saami
Samenes Folkeforbund 		1993 Sámi interests Liv Olaug Slettli None 1.45% [8]
Value Party
Verdipartiet 		2016 Christian conservatism Kjartan Mogen None 0 [9]
Norway Party
Norgespartiet 		2007 Direct democracy - None 0 [10]
Society Party
Samfunnspartiet 		1985 Anarchism Bjørn Dahl None 0 [11]
Northern Assembly
Nordting 		2014 Northern regionalism Amund Sjølie Sveen None 0 [12]
Serve the People - Communist League
Tjen Folket - Kommunistisk Forbund 		1998
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
 - None 0 [13]

Defunct parties

Major/parliamentary parties

Minor parties

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.skoleforum.com/stiler/annet/det.aspx?id=6228 [permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Logg inn | Cappelen Damm Undervisning".
  3. ^ "Christopher Hornsrud - regjeringen.no". 27 December 2013.
  4. ^ "World War II".
  5. ^ "Governments-in-exile and royalty relocated to London during World War Two". March 2015.
  6. ^ "Fremskrittspartiet". 2 May 2022.
  7. ^ Sámi parliamentary election result.
  8. ^ Sámi parliamentary election result.
  9. ^ Participated on the Alliance list in Telemark.
  10. ^ Didn't participate in the 2021 election.
  11. ^ Didn't participate in the 2021 election.
  12. ^ Didn't participate in the 2021 election.
  13. ^ Boycotts local and parliamentary elections.
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