Centre Party Senterpartiet | |
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| Abbreviation | Sp |
| Leader | Trygve Slagsvold Vedum |
| Parliamentary leader | Marit Arnstad |
| Founded | 19 May 1920 |
| Headquarters | Akersgata 35, Oslo |
| Youth wing | Centre Youth |
| Membership (2022) |  19,860[1][needs update] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre |
| Nordic affiliation | Centre Group |
| Colours | Green |
| Slogan | "Nær folk" ("Close to people") |
| Storting | 28 / 169 |
| County Councils | 106 / 574 |
| Municipal Councils[2] | 1,274 / 9,344 |
| Sami Parliament | 3 / 39 |
| Website | |
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The Centre Party (Norwegian: Senterpartiet, Sp; Northern Sami: Guovddášbellodat), formerly the Farmer's Party[nb 1] (Norwegian: Bondepartiet, Bp), is an agrarian political party in Norway.[5]
Ideologically, the Centre Party is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum,[6] it advocates for economic nationalist and protectionist policy to protect Norwegian farmers with toll tariffs,[7] and it supports decentralisation.[7] It was founded in 1920 as the Farmers' Party[nb 1] (Norwegian: Bondepartiet, Bp) and from its founding until 2000, the Centre Party joined only governments not led by the Labour Party, although it had previously supported a Labour government in the 1930s.[8] This turned around in 2005, when the party joined the red–green coalition government led by the Labour Party. Governments headed by prime ministers from the party include the short-lived Kolstad and Hundseid's Cabinet between 1931 and 1933 and the longer-lasting Borten's Cabinet from 1965 until 1971.
The Centre Party has maintained a strong stance against Norwegian membership in the European Union,[9] successfully campaigning against Norwegian membership in both the 1972 and 1994 referendums, during which time the party saw record-high election results. Subsequently, the party proposed Norway's withdrawal from the European Economic Area and the Schengen Agreement.[9] In 2017, party deputy leader Ola Borten Moe declared nationalism to be a "positive force".[10]
- ^ "Fakta om Senterpartiet". Senterpartiet (in Norwegian). 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Valgresultat 2019" (in Norwegian). Directorate of Elections. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "History of the Centre Party". Senterpartiet. Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "Administrative inndelinger og valg" [Administrative divisions and elections] (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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- Christina Bergqvist (1999). "Appendix II". Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 320. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4.
- Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Norway". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- "Norway – Political parties". Norwegian Social Science Data Services. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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- Clive Archer (2005). Norway outside the European Union. London: Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-415-28279-6.
- Hilmar Rommetvedt (2003). The Rise of the Norwegian Parliament. London: Routledge. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-7146-5286-3.
- Reuven Y. Hazan (2000). Centre Parties. London: Continuum International. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-8264-4763-0.
- Frances Nicholson (1990). Political and Economic Encyclopaedia of Western Europe. St. James Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-55862-072-8.
- ^ a b "Even Norway Is Riding the Populist Wave of Politics". Bloomberg. 16 February 2017.
- ^ Tidslinjer 2 verden og Norge : historie vg3. Ole Kristian Grimnes (Bokmål[utg.] ed.). [Oslo]: Aschehoug. 2008. ISBN 978-82-03-33643-0. OCLC 1028414870.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b "Partienes syn på EU og EØS". Archived from the original on October 20, 2013.
- ^ "Rekordmåling for Senterpartiet: - Norsk nasjonalisme er en positiv kraft". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 9 February 2017.
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