Society Party (Norway, 1930s)

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Society Party
Leader Bertram Dybwad Brochmann
Founder Bertram Dybwad Brochmann
Founded1933
Dissolved1949
NewspaperSamfundsliv
Ideology Christian corporatism
Holism
Political position Left-wing

The Society Party (Norwegian: Samfundspartiet) was a political party in Norway founded in 1933. [1] The party was founded by author Bertram Dybwad Brochmann, who gained representation in the Norwegian Parliament from Bergen from 1933 to 1936. [2] In a highly symbolic gesture, Brochmann refused to accept his salary as a member of parliament. [1] On the background of the Great Depression, the party sought a total revision of the economic theories of the time. [1] [2] The party was later represented in parliament from Nordland from 1937 to 1940 (1945). [2] The party contested its last election in the 1949 parliamentary election, and was dissolved later the same year. [1]

Election results

Storting
DateVotesSeatsPositionSize
No.%± ppNo.±
1933 18,7861.50New
1 / 150
NewOpposition6th
1936 45,1093.10Increase2.svg 1.60
1 / 150
Steady2.svg 0OppositionDecrease2.svg 5th
1945 Did not run.
1949 13,0880.74Decrease2.svg 2.36
0 / 150
Steady2.svg 0Extra-parliamentaryDecrease2.svg 10th

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Samfundspartiet". Norwegian Social Science Data Services (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Samfundspartiet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). 11 March 2009.