Liberal People's Party (Norway, 1972)

Liberal People's Party
Liberal People's Party
Founded	9 December 1972
Dissolved	5 June 1988
Split from	Liberal Party
Merged into	Liberal Party
Ideology	Social liberalism ; Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre
	Politics of Norway ; Political parties ; Elections ;

Last updated February 17, 2024

The Liberal People's Party (Norwegian : Det Liberale Folkepartiet, DLF) was a social liberal political party in Norway, established by a split in the Liberal Party over the issue of Norway's accession to the European Economic Community in 1972. The party was originally called the New People's Party until changing its name in 1980.

History

The new party, formed by the pro-EEC minority of the Liberal Party, originally wanted to call itself the "Popular Party - New Liberals" (Folkepartiet Nye Venstre), but was denied the use of this name,^[1] as it was deemed too similar to the Liberal Party, which in Norway is called "Venstre" (literally "Left").^{[ citation needed ]} Instead, the party called itself the New People's Party (Det Nye Folkepartiet). The name was in 1980 changed to the Liberal People's Party.^[1]

At the time of the split, eight^{[ citation needed ]} of the thirteen Liberal Party MPs joined the new party. At the 1973 parliamentary election, the Liberal People's Party however won merely one seat,^[1] from Hordaland (the Liberal Party won two seats).^{[ citation needed ]} At the next election, in 1977, the Liberal People's Party lost this seat, and was never represented in Parliament again. The party's popularity declined throughout the 1980s. In the local elections in 1987 the two parties ran on common lists in several counties and municipalities. In 1988, it was decided to officially merge back together with the Liberal Party.^[1]

In 1992, some of the old members decided to recreate DLF, reviving the Liberal People's Party name. However, the new party was later taken over by a group of free-market libertarians and former members of the Progress Party. The party was closed in 2017.^[1]

Party leaders

1972–1973 Helge Seip
1973–1978 Magne Lerheim
1978–1980 Ingvar Lars Helle
1980–1982 Gerd Søraa
1982–1986 Øyvind Bjorvatn
1986–1988 Alice Ruud
1988 Marit Bjorvatn

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References

1 2 3 4 5 Takvam, Magnus (2019-11-21). "Det Liberale Folkepartiet – Store norske leksikon". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-02-16.

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