Progress Party's Youth

For the Danish organization, see Youth of the Progress Party.
Progress Party's Youth
Fremskrittspartiets Ungdom
ChairpersonSimen Velle
Founded10 February 1978
HeadquartersKarl Johans gate 25, Oslo
IdeologyClassical liberalism[1]
Right-libertarianism[1]
Right-wing populism[citation needed]
Colours  Blue
Mother partyProgress Party
European affiliationEuropean Young Conservatives
Websitefpu.no

The Progress Party's Youth (Norwegian: Fremskrittspartiets Ungdom, FpU), is the youth wing of the Norwegian political party the Progress Party. It is generally considered to be more aligned towards classical liberalism than the Progress Party.[2] The organization has active chapters in all counties of Norway as well as in over 50 municipalities.

From 2012 to 2014, Himanshu Gulati was the organisation's chairperson. Gulati is the first leader of a youth wing of a major Norwegian political party with multi-cultural background.[3] After being selected to the post of State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Gulati stepped down. In 2014, Atle Simonsen was elected chairperson[4] Atle sat as chairman until 2016, when the annual national meeting of FpU elected Bjørn-Kristian Svendrud as the organisation's chairman.

The current chairperson is Simen Velle. He was elected in 2022. Velle is a self-described classical liberal, advocating for policies like legalization of drugs, polygamy and sales of organs.[5]

  1. ^ a b "International – Fremskrittspartiets Ungdom".
  2. ^ Eilif Frich Flydal: Hagen ute, ungdommen inne Dagbladet, 11. mai 2006
  3. ^ Første fleirkulturelle leiar for ungdomsparti, NRK
  4. ^ "Atle Simonsen valgt til leder i Fpu". Aftenbladet. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  5. ^ NTB (2022-04-29). "Fpu-leder: Ja til flerkoneri og organsalg". Utrop. Retrieved 2024-06-25.