Center Party (Norway)
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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]
Center Party Partiet Sentrum Bellodat Guovddáš | |
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Abbreviation | S |
Leader | Geir Lippestad |
Founded | 24 September 2020 (2020-09-24) |
Split from | Christian Democratic Party Socialist Left Party Labour Party Conservative Party Green Party |
Headquarters | c/o Advokatfirmaet Lippestad AS Sehesteds gate 6 0164 Oslo |
Youth wing | Unge Sentrum [no] |
Ideology | Centrism Environmentalism[1] |
Political position | Centre to centre-left[2] |
Colours | Red |
Storting | 0 / 169 |
Municipal Councils | 7 / 9,344 |
Website | |
https://partietsentrum.no | |
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]