Innovation and Technology Party

Piratpartiet Piratpartiet
Abbreviation	PIR
Leader	Svein Mork Dahl
Founded	16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)[1]
Headquarters	Oslo
Youth wing	Unge Pirater
Membership (2017)	107[2]
Ideology	Pirate politics
European affiliation	European Pirate Party
International affiliation	Pirate Parties International
Colors	Black and orange
Storting	0 / 169
County councils	0 / 777
Municipal councils	0 / 10,620
Sámi Parliament	0 / 39
Website
https://piratpartiet.no
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The Pirate Party (Norwegian: Piratpartiet) is a Norwegian political party which was founded in 2012. Its basic principles are "full transparency in state management, privacy on the internet, as well as better use of IT and technology to make a better democracy".[3] On 17 December 2012 they announced that they had collected the 5,000 signatures required by law to register a political party and take part in the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election. The party is a part of the Pirate Parties International.[4]

History

Founding

In June 2012, the party issued invitations to a kickoff meeting to be held in Trondheim on the 16th,[5] with the intention of agreeing on a strategy to obtain the 5,000 signatures required by law to register a political party. By 16 December, they had received sufficient signatures and were legally recognised.[1][6]

Name

On 11 March 2023, the party congress decided to change the party's name to Innovasjon- og teknologipartiet (The Innovation and Technology party).[7]

In October 2024, the party changed its name back to the Pirate Party, which can be observed through updates on their media pages.[8]

Party Leaders

Sources:[9][10]

• Svein Mork Dahl (2019–present)
• Thomas Gramstad (2017–2019)
• Tale Haukbjørk Østrådal (2015–2017)
• Øystein Bruås Jakobsen (2013–2015)
• Geir Aaslid (2012–2013)

Parliamentary Election results

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won
2013	9,869	0.3 (#12)	0 / 169
2017	3,347	0.1 (#15)	0 / 169
2021	2,308	0.1 (#20)	0 / 169

References

1. Ottervig, Vegard (17 December 2012). "Piratpartiet rakk fristen: Har samlet inn 5000 underskrifter". hardware.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 August 2013.
2. "Fullt kaos i Piratpartiet. Fylkesledere med krass kritikk av partitopp: - Partiet kommer til å dø om det fortsetter" [Full chaos in the Pirate Party. County leaders with harsh criticism of the party leadership: - The party will die if it continues]. Digi (in Norwegian). 14 May 2021.
3. "Nå kommer piratene". BT.NO (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 March 2015.
4. Holte, Magnus Aamo (24 January 2013) [4 September 2012]. "Nå kommer piratene". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 August 2013.
5. NTB (13 June 2012). "Norsk piratparti vil inn på Stortinget". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 August 2013.
6. NTB (17 December 2012). "Piratpartiet blir godkjent". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 August 2013.
7. "https://twitter.com/pirnorge". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-03-13. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
8. "Piratpartiet" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-10-27.
9. "Sentralstyrets Historikk – Piratpartiets Wiki". wiki.piratpartiet.no. Archived from the original on 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
10. "Sentralstyret – Piratpartiets Wiki". itpartiet.no/sentralstyret. Retrieved 2020-12-19.