Red Party (Norway)

This article is about the Norwegian political party. For other uses, see Red Party.
"Rodt" redirects here. For the village in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, see Rodt (Loßburg). For the village in Romania known as Rodt in German, see Tilișca.

Red Party
Rødt
Raudt
LeaderMarie Sneve Martinussen
Founded11 March 2007; 17 years ago (2007-03-11)
Merger of
HeadquartersDronningens Gate 22, Oslo
NewspaperKlassekampen (largest share of ownership)
Youth wingRed Youth
Membership (2022)Increase 14,215[1]
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
Nordic affiliationNordic Green Left Alliance[2]
Colours  Red
Slogan"Fordi fellesskap fungerer"
("Because community works")
Storting
8 / 169
County Councils
20 / 574
Municipal Councils
192 / 9,344
Website
rødt.no

The Red Party (Bokmål: Rødt; Nynorsk: Raudt; Northern Sami: Ruoksat) is a socialist political party in Norway.[3] It was founded in March 2007 by a merger of the Red Electoral Alliance and the Workers' Communist Party. A Marxist party, it has been described as left-wing[4][5][6][7] and far-left[8][9][10][11] on the political spectrum. In its political programme, the Red Party sets the creation of a classless society to be its ultimate goal, which the party says is "what Karl Marx called communism".[12] The party's other goals are replacing capitalism with socialism, an expansive public sector and nationalisation of large enterprises. It strongly opposes Norway becoming a member of the European Union.[13]

The Red Party has 20 county council representatives nationwide and 193 municipal representatives. In the 2013 parliamentary election, it was the largest party that failed to win a seat. The party entered Parliament in the 2017 election, winning 2.4% of the vote and its first seat ever in the Storting.[14] The last time a far-left party had representation in the Storting was when its predecessor party, the Red Electoral Alliance, won a seat in 1993. In the 2021 parliamentary election, the party achieved its best result ever, with 4.6% of the vote, securing eight seats in Parliament.[15]

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  13. ^ Fossum, John (4 February 2009). "Norway's European Conundrum" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  14. ^ Knudsen, Camilla; Solsvik, Terje (23 August 2017). "Pick your kingmaker: Small parties loom large in Norway's election". Reuters. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Norway's left-wing opposition wins in a landslide, coalition talks next". Reuters. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.