Democrats

Democrats i Norge Democrats in Norway
Party leader	Makvan Kasheikal
founding	2002
Headquarters	Kristiansand
Alignment	Right-wing extremism nationalism Islamophobia opponents of the EU and EEA
Colours)	Red, white, blue
Parliament seats	0/169 ( Storting , 2017 )
Website	democratse.no

The Democrats i Norge (abbreviation DiN ; German Democrats in Norway ) is a right-wing Norwegian splinter party . She is against immigration and against the European Economic Area . The nationalistic undertones are combined with a social redistribution policy and moderate cultural policy ideas.

development

The party was founded on August 24, 2002 in Oslo. The founding members mainly included former members of the Fremskrittspartiet (Frp). The splinter party Sosialdemokratse , a split from the Pensjonistpartiet, was also involved in the founding .

The excluded from the Frp Storting -Abgeordnete Jan Simonsen joined the rest of the legislative period (until 2005) the Democrats.

The party won 2,706 votes in the 2005 parliamentary elections , 2,285 votes in 2009 and 3,829 votes in 2017 (0.1% each). For the 2013 election, the Democrats failed to submit enough statements of support.

In the local elections in 2011, the party won a Fylkestingmandat (in Vest-Agder ) and a total of eight seats in five municipal councils. Vidar Kleppe was able to defend his seat in the Fylkesting of Vest-Agder in 2015. The municipal mandates melted down to just four seats. In the local elections in 2019, she managed to get three mandates in the Fylkesting of Agder . They also became the third largest party in Kristiansand and are now represented there with ten members on the city council.

Content

The party is opposed to the EU and fears mass immigration from Muslim countries to Norway, which threatens Western values ​​and Christian heritage. Party leader Vidar Kleppe called for the closure of all mosques in Norway that did not publicly distance themselves from terrorism. Amund Garfors, then party leader in Fylke Nordland, called for a general ban on Islam after the terrorist attacks in London in 2005 . The military reserve units Heimevernet would have to be deployed against Muslims in Oslo in the near future, Garfors predicted.

The Bible should be given more space in school lessons ; to this end, the school subject Christianity, Religion, Philosophy of Life and Ethics (KRLE) is to be converted back into Christianity.

Classification of the political position

The party describes itself as belonging to the right wing. In her party program she writes “Demokratse er et parti med nasjonalistisk grunnsyn” ( German : Democrats is a party with a nationalist view of the world ) and also describes itself as a “national people's party”. In the store norske leksikon , the party is classified as right-wing radical.

Chairperson

• Vidar Kleppe (2002–2012)
• Kjell Arne Sellæg (2012)
• Elisabeth Rue Strencbo (2012-2013)
• Fredrik U. Litleskare (2013–2015)
• Terje Svendsen (2015-2016)
• Kim Steinar Kjærner-Strømberg (2016)
• Makvan Kasheikal (since 2016)

Web links

• Democrats i Norge (Norwegian)
• Entry on snl.no in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Political groups and members of Fylkesting Vest-Agder, accessed on November 4, 2018.
2. ↑ Agder Fylke. valgresultat.no, accessed on September 13, 2019 . 
3. ^ Kristiansand Commune. In: valgresultat.no. Retrieved September 13, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Line Torvik: Steng all moskeer ( Norwegian ) In: VG . July 13, 2005. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
5. ↑ Morten Øverbye: Jeg ble drapstruet ( Norwegian ) In: VG . August 23, 2005. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
6. ↑ Work program 2017-2021. Retrieved September 15, 2019 (Norwegian). 
7. ↑ Bernt Hagtvet, Øyvind Strømmen: høyreradikalisme . In: Store norske leksikon . May 16, 2014 ( snl.no [accessed September 15, 2019]).