The Christian Democratic Party is a Christian political party in Norway that has since 2019 espoused Christian conservatism,right-wing populism and anti-LGBT politics. It was founded in 1933 and its political position has varied over time,as it represented a more liberal form of Christian democracy prior to 2019. The party is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP). It currently holds three seats in the Parliament,having won 3.8% of the vote in the 2021 parliamentary election. The current leader of the party is Dag Inge Ulstein.
The Young Christian Democrats (Norway) (Norwegian:Kristelig Folkepartis Ungdom,KrFU) is the youth league of the Christian Democratic Party (Norwegian:Kristelig Folkeparti) in Norway,and was founded in 1933. The current leader of KrFU is Hadle Rasmus Bjuland. The organisation currently has approximately 2,000 members.
Knut Arild Hareide is a Norwegian politician who served as a member of parliament from Hordaland and as the leader of the Christian Democratic Party from 2011 to 2019. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications from 2020 to 2021,and as Minister of the Environment from 2004 to 2005 in the second Bondevik cabinet. In 2007,he announced he would step down from the national political scene for the time being,but he returned when he was nominated as the top candidate for the Christian Democratic Party ticket in Akershus in the 2009 election where he won the county's leveling seat. After Dagfinn Høybråten stepped down as party leader,Hareide was unanimously elected to take his place at the 2011 party convention. In the 2013 election,Hareide was reelected to parliament,this time from his home county of Hordaland.
Erling Sande is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He represents Sogn og Fjordane in the Norwegian Parliament,where he deputised for Liv Signe Navarsete,who served in government between 2005 and 2013. He was elected as a regular representative following the 2021 election. Sande has served as minister of local government since 2023.
Kjell Ingolf Ropstad is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party,who served as the Minister of Children,Family and Church Affairs and the leader of the Christian Democratic Party from 2019 to 2021. He has been a member of the Norwegian Parliament,the Storting,since 2009.
Audun Bjørlo Lysbakken is a Norwegian politician who served as the leader of the Norwegian Socialist Left Party from 2012 to 2023. His career in national politics began when he was elected to the Norwegian parliament in 2001. In 2006,he became deputy leader of the Socialist Left Party. He held the post as Minister of Children and Equality in Jens Stoltenberg's second government from October 2009 to March 2012,when he resigned due to a conflict of interest. Under his leadership,the Socialist Left Party made strong gains in its vote share in Parliamentary elections and membership.
Hans Fredrik Grøvan is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He served as the party’s parliamentary leader from 2019 to 2021.
Geir Pollestad is a Norwegian solicitor and politician for the Centre Party. He is currently serving as the minister of agriculture and food since 2023,and has been a member of parliament for Rogaland since 2013.
Arne Bergsvåg is a Norwegian builder and politician for the Centre Party. He served as mayor of Ølen from 1999 to 2005 and then Vindafjord between 2005 and 2011. He later served as deputy county mayor of Rogaland between 2019 and 2023,and was also a deputy member of parliament for Rogaland between 2005 and 2013 and again from 2017 to 2021.
Ingrid Fiskaa is a Norwegian activist and politician for the Socialist Left Party.
Bjørnar Moxnes is a Norwegian politician and activist representing the left-wing political party,the Red Party in the Storting. Moxnes opposes the European Union,characterizing Norway's participation in the EEA as undemocratic. Moxnes describes himself as a socialist. He served as the leader of the Red Party from 2012 to 2023,when he resigned in the wake of stealing a pair of sunglasses from a shop at Oslo Airport Gardermoen. Moxnes had previously served as the party's deputy leader from 2010 to 2012.
Conservative,formerly The Christians Party is a right wing Christian conservative populist political microparty in Norway founded in 2011. The party leader is Erik Selle.
Olaug Vervik Bollestad is a Norwegian nurse and politician for the Christian Democratic Party who is a member of Parliament for Rogaland since 2013. She served as the party leader between 2021 and 2024,having been deputy leader from 2015 to 2021. She served as Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2019 to 2021.
Tina Bru is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. From 2020 to 2021,she served as the Minister of Petroleum and Energy. She was elected to the Storting from Rogaland in 2013 and became a member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment. She was reelected to the Storting for the period 2017–2021,and continued as a member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment.
Ingvild Kjerkol is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag first time in 2013,and re-elected in 2017 and 2021. She has been a member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications,and of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services. From 2021 to 2024,she served as minister of health and care services. In 2024 she was accused of plagiarizing and fabricating parts of her master's thesis,leading to calls for her resignation. On Wednesday 10 April 2024,Nord University revoked her Master's degree in Leadership in the Healthcare Sector,and in a Friday press conference the Prime Minister announced her dismissal from her position.
Sissel Knutsen Hegdal is a Norwegian politician and lawyer formerly for the Conservative Party. She served as the mayor of Stavanger between 2023 and 2024,and was previously a deputy member of parliament for Rogaland between 2009 and 2017.
Dag Inge Ulstein is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Ingelin Noresjø is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She served as a Nordland County Commissioner between 2015 and 2020 and second deputy leader of her party between 2019 and 2022.
Ingvild Ofte Arntsen is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Irene Heng Lauvsnes is a Norwegian engineer specialising in aqua culture,and politician for the Conservative Party. She has served as mayor of Strand since 2015 and a deputy member of parliament for Rogaland since 2021.
