The Centre Party (Norwegian: Senterpartiet, Sp) is a centrist agrarian Norwegian political party founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the great ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralized economic development and political decision-making.
From its founding until 2000, the party had joined only non-socialist governments, but in 2005 changed allegiance and joined the Red-Green ...
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The Centre Party (Norwegian: Senterpartiet, Sp) is a centrist agrarian Norwegian political party founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the great ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralized economic development and political decision-making.
From its founding until 2000, the party had joined only non-socialist governments, but in 2005 changed allegiance and joined the Red-Green government. Since 1972, it has also maintained a principled opposition to Norwegian membership in the European Union.
The party was founded at the national convention of the Norsk Landmandsforbund during 17 to 19 June 1920, when it was decided by the association to run for the 1921 parliamentary election. In 1922 the association was renamed to the Norwegian Agrarian Association, and the political acticity of the group was separated as the Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet).
During the eight decades since the Centre Party was created as a political...
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