Sosialistisk Folkeparti
The Sosialistisk Folkeparti (German: Socialist People's Party) was a splinter group of the Norwegian Workers' Party . In particular, the party did not agree with the pro- NATO and pro- EEA policies of the ruling party. The party was founded in 1961 and existed until 1975.
At that time there were comparable parties in Denmark ( Socialistisk Folkeparti ), the Netherlands ( Pacifist Socialist Partij ) and France ( Parti socialiste unifié ). These were seen as sister parties. The Norwegian SF participated in national elections three times. In 1961 and 1965 it won two seats each in Storting . The representatives were Finn Gustavsen from Oslo and Asbjørn Holm from Nordland . In the third election in 1969, the party no longer received a seat, Arne Kielland , a member of the Arbeiderpartiet , but switched to the Sosialistisk Folkeparti during the legislative period.
Despite its only two seats, the party had a decisive influence on later Norwegian politics. In the so-called Kings Bay Affair in the spring of 1963, the party, together with the non-socialist opposition, decided in favor of a motion of no confidence in the social democratic government under Einar Gerhardsen . The Lyng bourgeois government that followed was brief, but it was an important blueprint for the formation of the center-right Borten government in 1965.
The party later played a key role in founding the Sosialistisk Valgforbund (later Sosialistisk Venstreparti ) and is considered to be its direct predecessor.
Election results in the parliamentary elections 1961–1969
| year | Share of the vote | Number of seats in the storting |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.4% | 2 |
| 1965 | 6.0% | 2 |
| 1969 | 3.4% | 0 |
Party leaders
- 1961–1969: Knut Løfsnes
- 1969–1971: Torolv Solheim
- 1971–1973: Finn Gustavsen
- 1973–1975: Stein Ørnhøi