Red-Green Coalition (Norway)

Red-Green Coalition
Leader	Jens Stoltenberg
Founded	14 September 2005
Dissolved	16 October 2013
Ideology	Social democracy (Ap), Democratic socialism (SV), Agrarianism (Sp)
Political position	Centre-left

The red–green coalition was a centre-left coalition of parties in Norway, constituting the Labour Party (Ap), the Socialist Left Party (SV), and the Centre Party (Sp). Unlike many other Red-Green coalitions, the "green" here was the colour of a centrist Nordic agrarian party rather than an actual green political movement. It governed from 2005 until Labour Party leader Jens Stoltenberg resigned his cabinet on 16 October 2013 following the coalition's defeat in the 2013 elections.

Opponents of the Red-Green Coalition sometimes referred to the coalition by other names. The Norwegian centre-right, comprising Conservatives, Progress Party, Christian Democrats and Liberal Party usually called it a "socialist coalition". The Red Electoral Alliance feels that "red" is not a descriptive colour for this coalition and therefore uses "pale red". Similarly, the Green Party and the Liberal Party, which also use green as their color, claim that the three parties do not deserve the green color. After the 2013 election defeat, the "red-green parties" has continued to be used informally as a moniker for the former coalition partners, although the alliance between the parties has been formally dissolved.

The coalition was established in 2005 to constitute an alternative to the centre-right government of Kjell Magne Bondevik, and won the Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005 with a slight majority. The government formed was the first majority government in Norway since 1985. It replaced the Bondevik government on 17 October 2005.

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