Sosialistisk Venstreparti

Sosialistisk Venstreparti Socialist Left Party
Party leader	Audun Lysbakken
Secretary General	Audun Herning
vice-chairman	Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes , Kirsti Bergstø
founding	1975
Headquarters	Oslo
Youth organization	Sosialistisk Ungdom (SU)
Alignment	Democratic socialism Eco-socialism EU skepticism Feminism
Colours)	Red Green
Parliament seats	11/169 ( Storting , 2017 )
Number of members	12,452 (2018)
European party	Nordic Green-Left Alliance (NGLA)
Website	sv.no

Old party logo (until 2013)

The Sosialistisk Venstreparti (SV) ( German : Socialist Left Party) is a Norwegian party that emerged in 1975 from the Sosialistisk Folkeparti ( German Socialist People's Party). From October 2005 to 2013 the SV formed the Norwegian government with the Social Democratic Workers' Party and the centrist- green Center Party .

history

Founding years

The party was founded on March 16, 1975. It was an amalgamation of the Sosialistisk Folkeparti (SF), Norges Kommunistiske Parti (NKP), Demokratiske Sosialister and other independent socialists. The Demokratiske Sosialister ( German : Democratic Socialists ) were a party that split off from the Arbeiderpartiet (Ap) after the 1973 referendum on Norway's accession to the EC , as they refused to join the EC in contrast to Ap. As early as 1973, after successfully working together, the three parties opposed joining under the name Sosialistisk Valgforbund and the abbreviation SV in the parliamentary elections with a joint list. They achieved 11.2% of the vote and 16 seats in 1973, which gave rise to the idea of ​​a final merger.

A few months after the founding of the Sosialistisk Venstreparti, however, the communist party NKP withdrew again in autumn 1975 and only a few former NKP members stayed with the SV. As a result, the party was mainly shaped by the Sosialistisk Folkeparti, which is why the SV is often seen as the successor party of the SF.

Late 20th century

From 1991 to 1995 the party worked together on the city council in the capital Oslo . Before the renewed EU referendum in 1994, the SV took part in the fight against Norway's accession to the EU. In 1999, the NATO mission in Serbia led to an intra-party conflict: the then party leader Kristin Halvorsen spoke out in favor of the use of bombs, while other party members disapproved of the use.

After 2000

The SV achieved its best election results at the beginning of the 2000s. When Stortingswahl 2001 they achieved 12.5% and in local elections in 2003 13%. During this time it changed from a party clearly anchored in the opposition to one that could be involved in a government.

From 2005 to 2013 it was represented in the Stoltenberg II government by five and later four ministers . After the 2007 local elections, where the party won only half of the votes with 6.5% compared to the previous election in 2003, the SV replaced two of its ministers. However, this measure did not help them perform better in the 2009 election and they only received 6.2% of the vote.

Four years later, in 2013 they barely managed to exceed the blocking limit of 4% with 4.1%. In the elections for the municipalities and Fylkestinge in 2015, they did not do better with 4.1% of the votes nationwide. In Oslo , however, the party managed to become part of the city government and SV politician Marianne Borgen became the city's mayor. In 2017 they were able to stabilize again at 6% and they moved into the Storting with a total of eleven SV MPs .

Positions

The SV is on the left of the Labor Party on the political spectrum . It sees itself as a red-green party. Norway's membership of the EU is rejected. Membership in the European Economic Area is also to be ended and instead replaced with a new trade agreement. The SV is committed to feminism . She also advocates redistribution in the tax system. The money should also be distributed more evenly internationally. They also seek an economic system in which the community owns the resources and basic infrastructure.

Another goal of the SV is to make Norway a climate-neutral country. For this it is necessary to put nature and the environment above economic interests. They only want military operations if either Norway is attacked or the United Nations has issued a clear mandate. She is also in favor of leaving NATO . The reason they cite is that it is too dominated by the United States and that its main interest is not military defense, but the advancement of Western interests in the field of economic and foreign policy. Instead, they propose military cooperation with like-minded Nordic neighboring countries.

Party presidency

The election of a new party leader was due on March 10, 2012. Following the recommendation of the electoral commission, there was initially a vote against children and equality minister Audun Lysbakken and local political spokesman Heikki Holmås . However, Holmås later gave up his candidacy. Lysbakken stood for election without a candidate, although he had to resign from his ministerial office only a few days before the party congress.

• 1975-1976: Berit Ås
• 1977–1983: Berge Furre
• 1983–1987: Theo Koritzinsky
• 1987–1997: Erik Solheim
• 1997–2012: Kristin Halvorsen
• since 2012: Audun Lysbakken

Election results for Storting since 1973

Voting shares of the SV by provinces ( Storting election 2017 ). In addition to Oslo and Northern Norway , places like Nesseby , Nesodden and Tolga stand out because of their high percentages.

Election year	percent	Seats
1973	11.2	16
1977	4.2	2
1981	4.9	4th
1985	5.5	6th
1989	10.1	17th
1993	7.9	13
1997	6.0	9
2001	12.5	23
2005	8.8	15th
2009	6.2	11
2013	4.1	7th
2017	6.0	11

literature

• Nils Ørvik: The Norwegian Left . In: Hans Rühle , Hans-Joachim Veen (Hrsg.): Socialist and Communist Parties in Western Europe. Publication of the social science research institute of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung . Volume 2: Nordländer (= Uni-Taschenbücher . Vol. 762). Leske + Budrich (UTB), Opladen 1979, ISBN 3-8100-0241-0 . Pp. 79-121.

Web links

• Official website
• Entry on snl.no in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.bt.no/btmeninger/kommentar/i/4dpvaq/meir-gy-pa-ytre-fly February 11, 2019
2. ↑ EØS-avtalen | SV. Retrieved September 17, 2019 (Norwegian). 
3. ↑ Principle program. sv.no (Norwegian), accessed December 20, 2017
4. ↑ For de mange - ikke for de få | SV. Retrieved August 30, 2019 (Norwegian). 
5. ↑ Prinsipprogram 2019-2023. Sosialistisk Venstreparti, accessed August 30, 2019 (Norwegian). 
6. ^ Fifteen abstentions and 192 votes for Lysbakken (Norwegian) Aftenposten.no, accessed on March 10, 2012
7. ↑ Heikki Holmås trekker seg som leder i SV candidate. February 14, 2012, accessed September 17, 2019 (Norwegian). 
8. ↑ http://www.ssb.no/histstat/tabeller/25-3.html
9. ↑ http://www.ssb.no/histstat/tabeller/25-4.html
10. ↑ Sosialistisk Valgforbund (from Sosialistisk Folkeparti , demokratiske Sosialister (AIK), Norges Kommunistiske Parti and left nonpartyites).