Green Party (Norway)
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Green Party
Miljøpartiet De Grønne |
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| Spokesperson |
Rasmus Hansson Une Aina Bastholm |
| Founded | 29 October 1988 |
| Headquarters | Oslo |
| Youth wing | Young Greens of Norway |
| Membership |
 6,386 (2014) |
| Ideology | Green politics |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Colours | Green |
| Storting |
1 / 169
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| County Councils |
36 / 728
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| Municipal Councils |
231 / 10,781
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| Website | |
| www.mdg.no | |
The Green Party (Bokmål: Miljøpartiet De Grønne, Nynorsk: Miljøpartiet Dei Grøne, Northern Sami: Birasbellodat Ruonát, literally "Environment Party the Greens") is a Norwegian political party. The party holds one seat in the Parliament of Norway (gaining 2.8% in the 2013 elections) and also has representation in municipal councils and county councils (gaining 4.2% in the 2015 elections). The Green Party advocates green politics, and has been described as centre-left by academics and voters. The party itself claims distance to the two dominant right-wing and left-wing political blocs, jointly denominated as "the fossil block".
The Green Party is a member of the European Green Party and the Global Greens, and was founded with the German Greens as its stated model. It maintains close ties to other Green parties including the German Greens and the Swedish Greens.
The process of forming a new national green party in Norway was initiated in December 1984, with the official launch in 1988. Among the pioneers were the late philosopher Arne Næss, peace researcher Johan Galtung, and the philosopher Sigmund Kvaløy Setreng.
In the local elections between 1991 and 2009 the Green Party had 6 - 8 representatives elected each time. In the national elections the party never exceeded 0.5% support.
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