The Progress Party,commonly abbreviated as FrP,is a right-wing political party in Norway. The FrP has traditionally self-identified as classical-liberal and as a libertarian party but is generally positioned to the right of the Conservative Party,and is considered the most right-wing party to be represented in parliament. It is often described as right-wing populist,which has been disputed in public discourse,and sometimes described by academics as far-right. By 2020,the party attained a growing national conservative faction. After the 2017 parliamentary election,it was Norway's third largest political party,with 26 representatives in the Storting. It was a partner in the government coalition led by the Conservative Party from 2013 to 2020.
Per Sandberg is a Norwegian politician for the Capitalist Party and formerly the Progress Party who served as the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries from 2015 to 2018. Sandberg was a member of the Norwegian parliament from 1997 to 2017,and served as chair of the parliamentary standing committees on Justice,and Transport and Communications. He has additionally held the position of first deputy leader of the Progress Party from 2006 to 2018. In 1997 he was convicted of assault and battery of an asylum seeker. His status as a convicted felon has made him controversial in Norwegian politics.
Terje Søviknes is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who has served as the mayor of Bjørnafjorden since 2023. He previously served as minister of petroleum and energy from December 2016 to August 2018. From December 2019 to January 2020 he was the minister of the elderly and public health. He also serves as the party's second deputy leader since 2019,a post he previously held from 1999 to 2001.
Helga Pedersen is a Norwegian politician,former Minister,and member of the Storting,who served as the deputy leader for the Labour Party from 2007 to 2015. A native of Sør-Varanger,she served between 2003 and 2005 as the County Mayor of the northernmost Finnmark county. From 2005 to 2009 she served as Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs,becoming the youngest member of the Labour-led Red-Green Coalition headed by Jens Stoltenberg.
Christian Tybring-Gjedde is a Norwegian politician who represents the Progress Party. He has been a member of the Norwegian parliament since 2005,and was the leader of the Progress Party's Oslo chapter from 2010 to 2014.
Bård AndréHoksrud is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. Since 2005,he has been a member of the Storting. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2018 to 2019,and as State Secretary at the Ministry of Transport and Communications from 2013 to 2015.
Kirsti Bergstø is a Norwegian politician serving as the leader of the Socialist Left Party since 2023. She previously served as one of the party's deputy leaders from 2017 to 2023.
Helge Solum Larsen was a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Liberal Party. He served as deputy leader of the party from 2010 to 2012.
Per-Willy Trudvang Amundsen is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who served as Minister of Justice from December 2016 to January 2018. He previously served as state secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development from 2013,and represented Troms in the Norwegian parliament from 2005 until 2013. He was re-elected in 2017.
Ola Elvestuen is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party who served as Minister of Climate and the Environment from 2018 to 2020. He was also the party's deputy leader from 2008 to 2020,and has been an MP for Oslo since 2013.
Sylvi Listhaug is a Norwegian politician serving as the leader of the Progress Party since 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.
Erlend Wiborg is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He served as deputy mayor of Moss from 2011 to 2013,when he was elected as an MP for Østfold. He has previously served as deputy MP from 2005 to 2013. In parliament,Wiborg served as the first vice chair of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs from 2013 to 2017,before chairing the committee until 2021.
Hans Andreas Limi is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Progress Party. He is currently an MP for the Akershus constituency since 2013 and the party's first deputy leader since 2023. He previously served as the party's parliamentary leader from 2017 to 2020.
Christine Sagen Helgø is a Norwegian politician of the Conservative Party who served as mayor of Stavanger from 2011 to 2019. Sagen Helgøhas seen twelve years of Stavanger's politics,the last eight years as group leader of the Stavanger Conservative Party. In 2011,she replaced the former mayor of the same party,Leif Johan Sevland,who held the title for sixteen years.
Jon Georg Dale is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications from 2018 to 2020 and Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2015 to 2018. He was also acting Minister of Justice for 14 days in March 2019 after Tor Mikkel Wara went on sick leave.
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.
Une Aina Bastholm is a Norwegian politician and former leader of Green Party. She represented Oslo in the Storting from 2017 to 2021 and during this time was the only member of her party with a parliamentary seat. She was elected to represent Akershus following the 2021 election.
Kari Elisabeth Kaski is a Norwegian politician. A member of the Socialist Left Party,she has been an MP for Oslo since 2017,and the second vice chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs since 2021.
Kjell-Børge Freiberg is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party,formerly for the Progress Party who served as Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 2018 to 2019. He was also an MP for Nordland from 2017 to 2021. He currently serves as mayor of Hadsel since 2023,having done so previously from 2007 to 2015.
