Center Party (Norway)

Center Party
Partiet Sentrum
Bellodat Guovddáš
AbbreviationS
LeaderGeir Lippestad
Founded24 September 2020 (2020-09-24)
Split fromChristian Democratic Party
Socialist Left Party
Labour Party
Conservative Party
Green Party
Headquartersc/o Advokatfirmaet Lippestad AS
Sehesteds gate 6
0164 Oslo
Youth wingUnge Sentrum [no]
IdeologyCentrism
Environmentalism[1]
Political positionCentre to centre-left[2]
Colours  Red
Storting
0 / 169
Municipal Councils
7 / 9,344
Website
partietsentrum.no

Center Party (Norwegian: Partiet Sentrum, Northern Sami: Bellodat Guovddáš) is a registered political party in Norway. The party was established by several former county leaders from the Christian Democratic Party, defectors from the Socialist Left Party,[3] the Labour Party, the Conservative Party[4] and the Green Party, as well as former city councilor for the Labour Party in Oslo Geir Lippestad. The party's youth organization is Unge Sentrum.[5]

In the party platform, the party has decided to be a bloc-independent center party based on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The party wanted a change of government after the 2021 Norwegian parliamentary election.[6] The party received 0.3% of the votes in the elections.[7]

  1. ^ https://snl.no/Sentrum_-_politisk_parti Sentrum (politisk parti)
  2. ^ https://www.partietsentrum.no/innlegg-folk-til-sentrum/ Folk til Centrum
  3. ^ Rowe, Asle (20 December 2020). "(+) Thore Sebastian går fra SV til Partiet Sentrum". Sandefjords Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. ^ Aslam, Hina (12 March 2021). "Partiet Sentrum tar opp kampen med Ap: – Kunne ikke støtte et parti jeg ikke kjenner meg igjen i". Dagsavisen - nyheter, sport, debatt og kultur (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Partiet sentrum". NRK. 20 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Sentrum vil ha Støre som statsminister" (in Norwegian). 2020-09-30.
  7. ^ "Tall for hele Norge Stortingsvalg 2021". Valgresultat.no (in Norwegian). 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021. Partiet Sentrum 0,3%