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Conservative Party (Norway)

Conservative Party
Høyre
AbbreviationH
LeaderErna Solberg
Parliamentary leaderErna Solberg
Founded25 August 1884
HeadquartersStortingsgaten 20 0161, Oslo
Youth wingNorwegian Young Conservatives
LGBT wingÅpne Høyre[1]
Membership (2020)Decrease 29,690[2]
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-right
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (associate)
International affiliationInternational Democracy Union
Nordic affiliationConservative Group
Colours  Blue
SloganMuligheter for alle
('Opportunity for Everyone')[3]
Storting
36 / 169
County councils
167 / 777
Municipal councils[4]
1,717 / 10,620
Sámi Parliament
0 / 39
Website
høyre.no

The Conservative Party or The Right (Bokmål: Høyre, Nynorsk: Høgre, lit. 'Right', H; Northern Sami: Olgešbellodat) is a liberal-conservative political party in Norway.[5][6] It is the major party of the Norwegian centre-right,[7][8][9] and was the leading party in government as part of the Solberg cabinet from 2013 to 2021. The current party leader is former Prime Minister Erna Solberg. The party is a member of the International Democracy Union and an associate member of the European People's Party.

The party is traditionally a pragmatic and politically moderate conservative party strongly associated with the traditional elites within the civil service and Norwegian business life. During the 20th century, the party has advocated economic liberalism, tax cuts, individual rights, support of monarchism, the Church of Norway and the Armed Forces, anti-communism, pro-Europeanism, and support of the Nordic model; over time, the party's values have become more socially liberal in areas such as gender equality, LGBT rights, and immigration and integration issues; the party defines itself as a party pursuing a "conservative progressive policy based on Christian cultural values, constitutional government and democracy".[10][11] In line with its Western bloc alignment during the Cold War era, the party strongly supports NATO, which Norway co-founded, and has consistently been the most outspokenly pro-European Union party in Norway,[12][13] supporting Norwegian membership during both the 1972 and 1994 referendums.[14]

The Conservative Party traditionally caters to the educated elite; it has the most highly educated voters of all parties, and is the most popular party among elite groups.[15][16] In the postwar era, the party formed a grand consensus with the Labour Party regarding foreign and security policy—frequently expressed by the maxim "the foreign policy is settled" (utenrikspolitikken ligger fast)—that led Norway to co-found NATO and enter into a close alliance with the United States, and the parties' economic policies have gradually become more similar. Both parties are pragmatic, relatively technocratic, anti-populist, and close to the political centre.[17] The party supports the Nordic model, but also a certain amount of semi-privatisation through state-funded private services.[18]

Founded in 1884, the Conservative Party is the second-oldest political party in Norway after the Liberal Party.[19] In the interwar era, one of the main goals for the party was to achieve a centre-right alliance against the growing labour movement, when the party went into decline. In the post-war era until 2005, the party participated in six governments: two 1960s national governments (Lyng's Cabinet and Borten's Cabinet); one 1980s Conservative Party minority government (Willoch's First Cabinet); two 1980s three-party governments (Willoch's Second Cabinet and Syse's Cabinet); in the 2000s Bondevik's Second Cabinet; and from 2013 to 2021 it was the dominant partner in a coalition government that also included the Christian Democrats and the Liberal Party.[18]

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  3. ^ "Høyre - Muligheter for alle". Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Høgre". Valg 2011 (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
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  8. ^ "Norway election: Terror survivors run for parliament". BBC News. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
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  11. ^ Wayne C. Thompson (2012), Nordic, Central and Southeastern Europe 2012, p.54.
  12. ^ "Høyre" Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Store norske leksikon. "Ved EF/EU-avstemningene i 1972 og 1994 var Høyre det klareste ja-partiet."
  13. ^ "Høyre" Archived 1 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine Høyre's Politikk. "Høyre ønsker å erstatte EØS-avtalen med full deltagelse i EU."
  14. ^ Tvedt, Knut Are (31 October 2009). "Høyre". In Pettersen, Henrik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  15. ^ "Syv grafer som viser hvor forskjellige Høyre og Frp-velgerne faktisk er". www.aftenposten.no. 23 April 2015.
  16. ^ Nicolajsen, Av Stian. "Eliten skyr Frp og Sp". Klassekampen.
  17. ^ "På sitt beste har Ap ført bedre høyrepolitikk enn Høyre". Civita. 5 April 2020.
  18. ^ a b Helljesen, Vilje; Bakken, Laila Ø. "Høyre – skatter, skole og frihet". Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  19. ^ "Partienes historie". Eidsvoll 1814. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

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