Kristelig Folkeparti

Kristelig Folkeparti Christian People's Party
Party leader	Kjell Ingolf Ropstad
Secretary General	Geir Morten Nilsen
vice-chairman	1. Olaug Bollestad 2. Ingelin Noresjø
founding	1933
Headquarters	Oslo
Youth organization	Kristelig Folkepartis Ungdom (KrFU)
Alignment	Christian Democracy Conservatism EU skepticism
Colours)	Red orange
Parliament seats	8/169 ( Storting , 2017 )
Number of members	20,050 (2017)
International connections	Christian Democratic International
European party	EPP (observer)
Website	www.krf.no

Shares of votes of the KrF according to provinces ( Storting election 2009 ). The strongholds are in the southwestern provinces of Aust-Agder , Vest-Agder and Rogaland .

Kristelig Folkeparti (KrF) ( German  Christian People's Party ) is a Christian Democratic party in Norway .

The party emerged in response to the increasing secularization tendencies of the 1920s and 30s. The reason for founding the party was the failed attempt to nominate Nils Lavik as a candidate for the liberal Venstre party in the constituency of Hordaland . Ingebrigt Bjørø then called for the founding of the KrF on September 4, 1933 in Bergen . In the parliamentary elections on October 16, 1933 , Nils Lavik received over 10,000 votes and became the first Storting member of his party.

From 2001 to 2005 she formed the Norwegian government with conservatives ( Høyre ) and liberals and provided the prime minister with Kjell Magne Bondevik . She has been tolerated by the Solberg minority government since 2013 . After weeks of public debate on November 2, 2018, a party congress voted to join the government itself. The recommendation of party leader Hareide for a left alliance was rejected. In January 2019, the party joined the existing government after successful coalition negotiations . As a result, Hareide resigned from his position as chairman, but as no successor has yet been appointed, Olaug Bollestad is currently leading the party on an interim basis. On April 27, 2019, Kjell Ingolf Ropstad was elected as the new party leader.

The KrF is traditionally a member party , many members are also active in the parishes.

Election results

Storting choice	percent	Seats
1933	0.8	1
1936	1.4	2
1945	7.9	8th
1949	8.5	9
1953	10.5	14th
1957	10.2	12
1961	9.6	15th
1965	8.1	13
1969	9.4	14th
1973	12.3	20th
1977	12.4	22nd
1981	9.4	15th
1985	8.3	16
1989	8.5	14th
1993	7.9	13
1997	13.7	25th
2001	12.4	22nd
2005	6.8	11
2009	5.5	10
2013	5.6	10
2017	4.2	8th

The KrF achieves its best results in Rogaland and on Sørlandet , in coastal locations with strongly religious communities. In the 2009 Storting election , the KrF received 30.5 and 31.7 percent respectively in the municipalities of Hægebostad and Audnedal ( Vest-Agder province ). Many active Christians live in these places, both members of the Lutheran regional church and supporters of independent congregations, such as the Pentecostal movement . Vest-Agder is also called the " buckle on the Norwegian Bible belt ". The proportion of churchgoers who attend church services more than six times a year is 33 percent and thus twice as high as the national average.

Party leader

• Ingebrigt Bjørø , 1933–1938
• Nils Lavik , 1938–1951
• Erling Wikborg , 1951–1955
• Einar Hareide , 1955-1967
• Lars Korvald , 1967-1975
• Kåre Kristiansen , 1975-1977
• Lars Korvald , 1977-1979
• Kåre Kristiansen , 1979-1983
• Kjell Magne Bondevik , 1983-1995
• Valgerd Svarstad Haugland , 1995-2004
• Dagfinn Høybråten , 2004–2011
• Knut Arild Hareide , 2011–2019
• Kjell Ingolf Ropstad since 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Own information KrF og Venstre miziert over 2,000 medlemmer på ett år Aftenposten, January 11, 2018, accessed on November 3, 2018.
2. ^ History of the KrF ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Party's website, accessed January 29, 2012 
3. ↑ Oda Leraan Skjetne u. A .: Drama på KrF landsmøtet: Hareide tapte ( Norwegian ) In: vg.no . November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
4. ↑ Birk Tjeldflaat Helle: Knut Arild Hareide går av som KrF-leder. January 17, 2019, accessed February 6, 2019 . 
5. ↑ NTB: Kjell Ingolf Ropstad valgt som ny leather i KrF. April 27, 2019, accessed April 27, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Historical overview, percent Statistics Norway
7. ↑ Historical overview, Seats Statistics Norway
8. ↑ 2009 election results by municipalities ( memento of the original from January 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Norway Statistics 
9. ↑ Forestillingen om bibelbeltet på Sørlandet blir confirmed  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Fædrelandsvennen, March 9, 2005, accessed February 6, 2012  
10. ↑ Björn Grimen: Bibelbeltet styrer fortsatt velgere NRK Nyheter, October 15, 2009, accessed on February 6, 2012
11. ↑ Liv Ekeberg: En av tre tror ikke på Gud Agderposten, December 29, 2010, accessed on February 6, 2012

Web links

• Kristelig Folkeparti Official Website
• Kristelig Folkepartis Ungdom Website of the youth organization