Election results
| Date | Votes | Seats | Position | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ± pp | No. | ± | |||
| 1933 | 18,786 | 1.50 | New | 1 / 150 | New | Opposition | 6th |
| 1936 | 45,109 | 3.10 |  1.60 | 1 / 150 |  0 | Opposition |  5th |
| 1945 | Did not run. | ||||||
| 1949 | 13,088 | 0.74 | 2.36 | 0 / 150 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary | 10th |
Society Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Bertram Dybwad Brochmann |
| Founder | Bertram Dybwad Brochmann |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Newspaper | Samfundsliv |
| Ideology | Christian corporatism Holism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
The Society Party (Norwegian: Samfundspartiet) was a political party in Norway founded in 1932. [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]
| Date | Votes | Seats | Position | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ± pp | No. | ± | |||
| 1933 | 18,786 | 1.50 | New | 1 / 150 | New | Opposition | 6th |
| 1936 | 45,109 | 3.10 | 1.60 | 1 / 150 | 0 | Opposition | 5th |
| 1945 | Did not run. | ||||||
| 1949 | 13,088 | 0.74 | 2.36 | 0 / 150 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary | 10th |
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