List of political parties in Norway

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This article lists political parties in Norway.

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	Associated ideology	Current leader	International affiliation	Representation
					Parliament	County councils (2011)
Labour Party	Arbeiderpartiet (bokmål) Arbeidarpartiet (nynorsk)	Social democracy	Jens Stoltenberg	Socialist International	64 (37.9%)	273
Progress Party	Fremskrittspartiet (bokmål) Framstegspartiet (nynorsk)	Populism, Conservative liberalism	Siv Jensen	none	41 (24.3%)	96
Conservative Party	Høyre (bokmål) Høgre (nynorsk)	Liberalism, Conservative liberalism	Erna Solberg	International Democrat Union	30 (17.8%)	210
Socialist Left Party	Sosialistisk Venstreparti	Democratic Socialism	Audun Lysbakken	Nordic Green Left Alliance	11 (6.5%)	34
Centre Party	Senterpartiet	Agrarianism, Centrism	Liv Signe Navarsete	none	11 (6.5%)	61
Christian Democratic Party	Kristelig Folkeparti (bokmål) Kristeleg Folkeparti (nynorsk)	Christian democracy	Knut Arild Hareide	Centrist Democrat International	10 (5.9%)	47
Liberal Party	Venstre	Liberalism, Social liberalism	Trine Skei Grande	Liberal International	2 (1.2%)	46

Non-parliamentary parties

English party name	Norwegian party name	Associated ideology	Current leader	International affiliation	2009 Parliamentary election	County councils (2011)
Red	Rødt	Revolutionary socialism, Communism	Bjørnar Moxnes	none	1.3%	7
Pensioners Party	Pensjonistpartiet	Pensioners' interests	Ragnar Dahl	none	0.4%	3
Christian Unity Party	Kristent Samlingsparti	Christian right	Ørnulf Nandrup	none	0.2%	0
Green Party	Miljøpartiet De Grønne	Green	Harald Nissen Hanna Marcussen	European Green Party	0.3%	2
Coastal Party	Kystpartiet	Conservatism	Kjell Ivar Vestå	none	0.2%	3
Democrats	Demokratene	Populism	Elisabeth Rue Strencbo	none	0.1%	1
Communist Party of Norway	Norges Kommunistiske Parti	Communism	Svend Haakon Jacobsen	none	0.0%	0
Liberal People's Party	Det Liberale Folkeparti	Classical liberalism	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
The Christians	De kristne	Christian conservatism	Terje Simonsen	none	-	0
Sami People's Party	Samefolkets parti	Sami interests	Birger Randulf Nymo	none	-	1

Inactive parties

• Social Democrats (Sosialdemokratene) (1993-)
• Justice Party (Rettferdighetspartiet) (1997-)
• Norwegian People's Party (Norsk Folkeparti) (1999-)

Defunct parties

• Beer Unity Party (Pilsens Samlingsparti) (2005)
• Christian Conservative Party (Kristent Konservativt Parti) (1965–1998)
• Coalition Party (Samlingspartiet) (1903–1930s)
• Fatherland Party (Fedrelandspartiet) (1990–2008)
• Free People Chosen (Frie Folkevalgte) (1989)
• Freedom Party against the EC-Union (Frihetspartiet mot EF-unionen) (1993)
• Future for Finnmark (Framtid for Finnmark)
• Liberal Left Party (Frisinnede Venstre) (1909–1945)
• Liberal People's Party (Det Liberale Folkeparti) (1972–1988)
• Moderate Liberal Party (Moderate Venstre) (1888–1906)
• Nasjonal Samling (1933–1945)
• National Alliance (NasjonalAlliansen) (1999–2006)
• National Democrats (Nasjonaldemokratene) (1991)
• National Democrats (Nasjonaldemokratene) (2006–2007)
• Natural Law Party (Naturlovpartiet)
• New Future Coalition Party (Samlingspartiet Ny Fremtid) (1993–1998)
• Norwegian Patriots (NorgesPatriotene) (2007–2009)
• Radical People's Party (Arbeiderdemokratene/Radikale Folkeparti) (1906–1936)
• Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse) (1973–2007)
• Reform Party (Reformpartiet) (2004–2009)
• Stop Immigration (Stopp Innvandringen) (1987–1995)
• The Liberals - Europe Party (De Liberale - Europapartiet) (1989)
• The Political Party (Det Politiske Parti) (2001)
• Vigrid (1998–2009)
• White Electoral Alliance (Hvit Valgallianse) (1995–1997)
• Workers' Communist Party (Arbeidernes Kommunistparti) (1973–2007)

See also

• Politics of Norway
• List of political parties by country
• Parliament of Norway

External links

• http://w2.brreg.no/partireg/
• NSD: European Election Database - Political parties of Norway