Radical People's Party (Norway)

Last updated
Radical People's Party
Det radikale folkeparti
Founded1906
Dissolved1940 (de facto)
1965 (de jure)
Split from Liberal Party
Merged into Liberal Party
Newspaper Arbeideren
Ideology Labourism
Radicalism
Political position Centre to Centre-left

The Radical People's Party (Norwegian : Det radikale folkeparti), founded as the Labour Democrats (Norwegian: Arbeiderdemokratene), was a radical political party in Norway mainly active from 1906 to 1936, targeting workers and smallholders. The party was founded by Johan Castberg, who led the party until his death in 1926. [1] He was succeeded in this position by Alf Mjøen, who also represented the party as a member of the Storting.

Contents

History

The party was a successor to the United Norwegian Workers' Association (Norwegian: De forenede norske Arbeidersamfund, DFNA), a labour organisation associated with the Liberal Party, which due to conflicts with the mother party fielded Johan Castberg as a parliamentary candidate in the 1900 election. [2] [3] Castberg in turn founded a new party, the Labour Democrats in 1906. [1] [2] The party took part in its first election in 1906, and in 1912 and 1915 it won six parliamentary representatives. [1]

For most of its history, the party cooperated with the Liberal Party. [1] The party had its strongest support among small-scale farmers and landless agricultural labourers, based in a non-socialist ideology. [2] In 1921 the party changed its name to the Radical People's Party [1] (although its members continued to be referred to as "Labour Democrats"). [2]

The party eventually went into a steady decline. [1] Only in Oppland did the party retain some influence. [1] [2] In the 1918 election, the party was reduced to one representative. At the election in 1936, it fell out of parliament altogether. [1] After the Second World War, the party had effectively merged into the Liberal Party, although formally the parties had joint lists in Oppland until 1957. [2] The party was formally dissolved in 1965. [2]

Election results

Storting
ElectionVotesSeatsRole
# %#±
1903 with Venstre [lower-alpha 1]
2 / 117
Newin opposition
1906 12,8194.8
4 / 123
Increase2.svg 2in opposition
in coalition 1908–1910
1909 15,5503.7
2 / 123
Decrease2.svg 2
in opposition
1912 with Venstre
6 / 123
Increase2.svg 4in opposition
1915 25,6584.2
6 / 123
Steady2.svg 0in opposition
1918 21,9803.3
3 / 126
Decrease2.svg 3in opposition
1921 22,9702.5
2 / 150
Decrease2.svg 1in opposition
1924 17,1441.8
2 / 150
Steady2.svg 0in opposition
1927 13,4591.4
1 / 150
Decrease2.svg 1in opposition
1930 9,2280.8
1 / 150
Steady2.svg 0in opposition
1933 6,8580.6
1 / 150
Steady2.svg 0in opposition
1936 6,4070.4
0 / 150
Decrease2.svg 1in opposition
  1. ↑ Candidates ran for the United Norwegian Workers' Association (DFNA).

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christopher Hornsrud</span> Norwegian politician

Christopher Andersen Hornsrud was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as leader of the Labour Party from 1903 to 1906 and became a member of the Storting in 1912. In 1928, he became the first Norwegian prime minister from the Labour Party and served as the 18th prime minister of Norway, but the cabinet had a weak parliamentary basis and was only in office for three weeks from January to February. He combined the post of prime minister with that of minister of Finance. After resigning he became vice-president of the Storting, a position he held until 1934.

This article gives an overview of liberalism in Norway. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having been represented in the Norwegian Parliament, Stortinget.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johan Castberg</span> Norwegian jurist and politician (1862–1926)

Johan Castberg was a Norwegian jurist and politician best known for representing the Radical People's Party. He was a government minister from 1908 to 1910 and 1913 to 1914, and also served seven terms in the Norwegian Parliament. The brother-in-law of Katti Anker Møller, the two were responsible for implementing the highly progressive Castberg laws, granting rights to children born out of wedlock. Altogether, he was one of the most influential politicians in the early 20th century Norway.

The Free-minded Liberal Party was a political party in Norway founded in 1909 by the conservative-liberal faction of the Liberal Party. The party cooperated closely with the Conservative Party and participated in several short-lived governments, including two headed by Free-minded Prime Ministers. In the 1930s the party changed its name to the Free-minded People's Party and initiated cooperation with nationalist groups. The party contested its last election in 1936, and was not reorganised in 1945.

The Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Bodø and Narvik in Nordland county, Tromsø in Troms county and Hammerfest, Vadsø and Vardø in Finnmark county.

The Market towns of Østfold and Akershus counties was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Fredrikstad, Halden, Moss and Sarpsborg in Østfold county and Drøbak in Akershus county.

The Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag counties was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county and Levanger in Nord-Trøndelag county.

The Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Flekkefjord, Kristiansand and Mandal in Vest-Agder county and Haugesund and Stavanger in Rogaland county.

The Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland counties was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Hamar and Kongsvinger in Hedmark county and Lillehammer and Gjøvik in Oppland county.

The Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder counties was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Brevik, Kragerø, Notodden, Porsgrunn and Skien in Telemark county and Arendal, Grimstad and Risør in Aust-Agder county.

The Market towns of Buskerud county was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Drammen, Hønefoss and Kongsberg in Buskerud county.

The Market towns of Vestfold county was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Holmestrand, Horten, Tønsberg, Sandefjord and Larvik in Vestfold county.

The Market towns of Møre og Romsdal county was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Kristiansund, Molde and Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal county.

Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg was a Norwegian politician. Spending his professional life as a customs surveyor, he was mayor of the cities Brevik and Skien, and served three terms in the Norwegian Parliament. He also founded the newspaper Varden, and was editor-in-chief for many years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jon Hol</span> Norwegian engineer and activist

Jon Gundersen Hol was a Norwegian engineer and activist. He is known for his pamphlet Rifleringen, published in February 1884, that resulted in his arrest for lèse majesté. In the pamphlet, he called for soldiers and civilians to arm themselves and encircle the Parliament of Norway Building, creating a "Ring of Rifles", should the need arise. The political situation in Norway at the time was unstable, with an ongoing impeachment case against the conservative government started by political liberals. King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway supported the conservative politicians, and Hol believed that a political and military counter-offensive was planned, hence the need for guarding the Parliament. The tensions between liberals and conservatives drew Hol into politics in the first place in 1880. Before this, he was an engineer by occupation and a writer, albeit apolitical. He increased his writing after 1880, and also involved himself in non-socialist trade unions, including the unsuccessful attempt of establishing a national trade union center in Kristiania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edvard Bull Sr.</span> Norwegian historian and politician

Edvard Bull was a Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party. He took the doctorate in 1912 and became a professor at the University of Kristiania in 1917, and is known for writings on a broad range of subjects. In addition to his academic work, he is known for his work on Norsk biografisk leksikon. His Marxist leanings inspired him to take up a parallel political career, in the Labour Party. Situated on the radical wing in the 1910s, he was among the architects as the Labour Party denounced the Twenty-one Conditions in 1923 and reunited with the social democrats in 1927. He was the deputy party leader from 1923 to 1932, and served as Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs in Hornsrud's short-lived cabinet in 1928.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ella Anker</span> Norwegian journalist

Eli Birgit "Ella" Anker was a Norwegian magazine journalist, newspaper correspondent, playwright, feminist, and pamphleteer.

Petter Nilssen was a Norwegian master watchmaker and later a politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Radikale folkeparti". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). 13 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Arbeiderdemokratene" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services . Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Terjesen, Einar A. (1990). Norway. Brill. p. 117.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.