Center Party (Norway)

Not to be confused with Centre Party (Norway).

Center Party Partiet Sentrum Bellodat Guovddáš
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
partietsentrum.no
Politics of Norway Political parties Elections

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]

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]

Opinion polls

In December 2020, the party secured enough signatures to run lists in all counties for the 2021 parliamentary election.[8] The Center Party was measured in opinion polls in the winter of 2020/21 between 0.0 and 0.7 per cent support.[9][10]

In the spring of 2021, Norstat conducted a nationwide survey commissioned by the Center Party, to answer how the party fared before the parliamentary elections in 2021.[11] Two percent of the 1,000 respondents answered "yes" to the question of whether they considered voting for the party in the autumn elections. Nine percent answered "maybe", and 13% answered "do not know".[12]

Party Congresses

This list is complete and up to date as of May 2024.

• 0. Founding Congresses 2020 Maybe in Oslo?
• 1. landsmøte 2021 8-9 may Digital due covid-19[13]
• 2. landsmøte 2022 28-19 may Røde Kors konferansesenter in Oslo[14]
• 3. landsmøte 2023 29.-30. april Maybe in Oslo?[15]
• 4. landsmøte 2024 27-28 april Røde Kors konferansesenter in Oslo[16]

Electoral results

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2021	Geir Lippestad	7,836	0.3 (#14)	0 / 169		Extra-parliamentary

References

1. https://snl.no/Sentrum_-_politisk_parti Sentrum (politisk parti)
2. https://www.partietsentrum.no/innlegg-folk-til-sentrum/ Folk til Centrum
3. Rowe, Asle (20 December 2020). "(+) Thore Sebastian går fra SV til Partiet Sentrum". Sandefjords Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
4. Aslam, Hina (12 March 2021). "Partiet Sentrum tar opp kampen med Ap: – Kunne ikke støtte et parti jeg ikke kjenner meg igjen i". Dagsavisen - nyheter, sport, debatt og kultur (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
5. "Partiet sentrum". NRK. 20 January 2021.
6. "Sentrum vil ha Støre som statsminister" (in Norwegian). 2020-09-30.
7. "Tall for hele Norge Stortingsvalg 2021". Valgresultat.no (in Norwegian). 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021. Partiet Sentrum 0,3%
8. "Sentrum har sikret seg 6,110 underskrifter – vil stille liste i samtlige fylker". Aftenposten. 20 January 2021.
9. "pollofpolls.no - Sentrum 0,0 og 0,1". Retrieved 2021-01-30.
10. "pollofpolls.no - Frp lekker til "andre" – II". Retrieved 2021-02-03.
11. "Partiet Sentrum får ikke vite hvem som vil stemme på dem – tar saken i egne hender". Vårt Land (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
12. "Norstat undersøkelse: På rett vei oppover" (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2021-07-01. Archived from the original on 2021-07-01. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
13. "Landsmøte 2021 - Partiet Sentrum". 2021-04-25. Archived from the original on 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
14. Walstad, Kristin. "Velkommen til Landsmøtet 2022 | Partiet Sentrum" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-05-01.
15. Møller-stray, Anders. "Landsmøte 2023 – Partiet Sentrum | Partiet Sentrum" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-05-01.
16. Møller-stray, Anders. "Landsmøte 2024 | Partiet Sentrum" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-05-01.

External links

• official site (in Norwegian)