Norwegian Republican Association

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Norwegian Republican Association
Norge som republikk
Established12th December, 2000
Type Campaign group
Leader Craig Aaen-Stockdale
Website www.republikk.no

The Norwegian Republican Association (Norwegian : Norge som republikk) is a non-partisan Norwegian campaign group whose goal is to abolish the monarchy in Norway and replace it with a republican form of government. The association's forerunner, Foreningen for republikk i Norge, was established on 12th December 2000. [1] [2]

The association is a founding member of the Alliance of European Republican Movements [3] [4] [5] [6] and has hosted the annual congress in Oslo in both 2014 and 2022. [7]

The association has been active in connection with various proposals to change Norway's system of government that have been presented to the Norwegian parliament. [8] [9]

In June 2024, the association reported Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and her then-fiancée Durek Verrett to Oslo police over their alleged breach of Norway's strict alcohol advertising laws. [10] In October 2024, they reported the Norwegian Palace to the Public Procurements Complaint Board (Klagenemnda for offentlige anskaffelser in Norwegian) after the architectural consultancy Snøhetta was awarded a contract for 20 million kroner to build a sarcophagus for the royal couple. [11]

Membership in the organisation has increased dramatically following these events [12] and especially in the wake of the recent indictments of Marius Borg Høiby for more than 30 alleged crimes, including four rapes, [13] and the generally negative response to Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett's Netflix documentary Rebel Royals. [14]

The former leader of the Young Liberals of Norway, Ane Breivik has previously been a board member of the association [15] and the current leader of the association is Craig Aaen-Stockdale. [12] [11] [16] [13] [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Information in English". Norge som republikk.
  2. ↑ "Key information from Brønnøysund Register Centre" . Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  3. ↑ "Alliance of European Republican Movements". www.aerm.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  4. ↑ "På tide med en ærlig og voksen debatt om monarkiet". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  5. ↑ "Norske Per skal protestere mot monarkiet i London". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  6. ↑ "Anti-monarki-leder arrestert – norske Per blant demonstrantene". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  7. ↑ "Events". www.aerm.org. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  8. ↑ "Møte onsdag den 1. juni 2022 - Sak nr. 2" (in Norwegian). Stortinget. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2024-05-16. Som saksordfører for denne saken har jeg gått dedikert til verks og hatt en konstruktiv dialog med Foreningen Norge som republikk, som kanskje er den fremste organisasjonen og forkjemperen for dette forslaget.
  9. ↑ Sørensen, Lasse (3 February 2026). "Son of Norwegian crown princess pleads not guilty to rapes as storm sweeps royal house". Courthouse News Service. Craig Aaen-Stockdale is chairman of the Norwegian republican movement, an organization that wants an end to the monarchy ... He and his organization have been advocating for public attention on a Tuesday vote in Parliament on whether the monarchy should remain. It will for now. There were 26 votes to reform the nation into a republic against 141 votes to keep the monarchy. To succeed, the measure would need around two-thirds of the 169 members of Parliament to vote in favor of abolishing the monarchy. Aaen-Stockdale questioned the timing of the vote on the same day Høiby's trial opens. "If I was of a conspiratorial mindset, I would suspect foul play," he said.
  10. ↑ "Norway's royal family reels under the weight of scandal". Le Monde. 2024-11-28. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  11. 1 2 "Hoffet kan få sarkofag-smekk". e24.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2024-10-26. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  12. 1 2 Hanbaly, Laik (2024-10-12). "Drømmer om en republikk". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  13. 1 2 Bryant, Miranda (2026-01-01). "More women reporting abuse in Norway as member of royal family to go on trial for rape". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  14. 1 2 Lasse Sørensen (2025-10-10). "Domestic abuse and lizard people: 'Royal Rebels' puts focus on Norway royal controversies" . Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  15. ↑ "Britisk aktivist: – Charles blei konge utan legitimitet, debatt eller samtykke". Vårt Land (in Norwegian). 2022-09-18. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  16. ↑ "Norway's royal family reels under the weight of scandal". Le Monde. 2024-11-28. Retrieved 2024-12-02. This British-born educational adviser at Oslo Business School, who became Norwegian three years ago, heads the republican association Norge som republikk.

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