Innovation and Technology Party

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Innovation and Technology Party
Innovasjon- og teknologipartiet
AbbreviationIOT
LeaderSvein Mork Dahl
Founded16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)[1]
HeadquartersOslo
Youth wingUnge Pirater
Membership (2017)107[2]
IdeologyPirate politics
European affiliationEuropean Pirate Party
International affiliationPirate Parties International
ColorsBlack and orange
Storting
0 / 169
County councils
0 / 777
Municipal councils
0 / 10,620
Sámi Parliament
0 / 39
Website
https://itpartiet.no

The Innovation and Technology Party (

full transparency in state management, privacy on the internet, as well as better use of IT and technology to make a better democracy".[3] On 17 December 2012 they announced that they had collected the 5,000 signatures required by law to register a political party and take part in the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election. The party is a part of the Pirate Parties International.[4]

History

Founding

In June 2012, the party issued invitations to a kickoff meeting to be held in Trondheim on the 16th,[5] with the intention of agreeing on a strategy to obtain the 5,000 signatures required by law to register a political party. By 16 December, they had received sufficient signatures and were legally recognised.[1][6]

Name

On 11 March 2023, the party congress decided to change the party's name to Innovasjon- og teknologipartiet (The Innovation and Technology party).[7]

Party Leaders

Sources:[8][9]

  • Svein Mork Dahl (2019–present)
  • Thomas Gramstad (2017–2019)
  • Tale Haukbjørk Østrådal (2015–2017)
  • Øystein Bruås Jakobsen (2013–2015)
  • Geir Aaslid (2012–2013)

Parliamentary Election results

Election year # of
overall votes
% of
overall vote
# of
overall seats won
2013 9,869 0.3 (#12)
0 / 169
2017 3,347 0.1 (#15)
0 / 169
2021 2,308 0.1 (#20)
0 / 169

References

  1. ^ a b Ottervig, Vegard (17 December 2012). "Piratpartiet rakk fristen: Har samlet inn 5000 underskrifter". hardware.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Fullt kaos i Piratpartiet. Fylkesledere med krass kritikk av partitopp: - Partiet kommer til å dø om det fortsetter" [Full chaos in the Pirate Party. County leaders with harsh criticism of the party leadership: - The party will die if it continues]. Digi (in Norwegian). 14 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Nå kommer piratene". BT.NO (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  4. ^ Holte, Magnus Aamo (24 January 2013) [4 September 2012]. "Nå kommer piratene". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  5. (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  6. ^ NTB (17 December 2012). "Piratpartiet blir godkjent". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  7. ^ "https://twitter.com/pirnorge". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-03-13. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  8. ^ "Sentralstyrets Historikk – Piratpartiets Wiki". wiki.piratpartiet.no. Archived from the original on 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  9. ^ "Sentralstyret – Piratpartiets Wiki". itpartiet.no/sentralstyret. Retrieved 2020-12-19.