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 parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties can work with each other to form coalition governments.

Contents 1 The parties 1.1 Parliamentary parties 1.2 Non-parliamentary parties 1.3 Defunct parties 2 See also

[edit] The parties

Political parties and their leaders.

[edit] Parliamentary parties

• Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti) - Jens Stoltenberg
• Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) - Siv Jensen
• Conservative Party or Right (Høyre) - Erna Solberg
• Socialist Left Party (Norway) (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) - Kristin Halvorsen
• Christian Democratic Party or Christian People's Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) - Dagfinn Høybråten
• Centre Party (Senterpartiet) - Åslaug Haga
• Liberal Party or Left (Venstre) - Lars Sponheim

[edit] Non-parliamentary parties

• Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) - Roy Waage
• Red - Torstein Dahle
• Environment Party The Greens (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) - Trude Malthe Thomassen and Gaute Busch
• Democrats (Demokratene) - Vidar Kleppe
• Pensioners Party (Pensionistpartiet) - Ragnar Dahl
• The Liberal People's Party (Det Liberale Folkeparti) - Vegard Martinsen
• Norwegian Communist Party (Norges Kommunistiske Parti) - Zafer Gözet
• Christian Unity Party (Kristent Samlingsparti) - Ørnulf Nandrup
• Fatherland Party (Fedrelandspartiet) - Arild Kibsgaard
• Sami People Party (Samefolkets Parti) - Terje Tretnes
• The Peoples Party of Norway (Norsk Folkeparti) - Oddbjørn Jonstad

[edit] Defunct parties

• Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse)
• Workers' Communist Party (Arbeidernes Kommunistparti)
  • Note: The Workers' Communist Party doid not participate in any elections, but supported the Red Electoral Alliance in general elections.
• National Unification (Nasjonal Samling)
• The Liberal People's Party 1972-1988 (Det Liberale Folkeparti)
• The Political Party (Det Politiske Parti)
• Nature Law Party (Naturlovpartiet)
• Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkeparti)

[edit] See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals