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The Centre Party (Senterpartiet, Sp) is a centrist and agrarian
Nordic Agrarian parties

The Nordic Agrarian parties, or Nordic Centre parties, is a class of post-Agrarianism political parties on the Nordic countries. They remain hard to classify by any conventional political ideology....
 Norwegian
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 political party
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 founded in 1920. Until 1959 it bore the name Bondepartiet ("The Farmers' Party"). 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.

Since 1972, it has maintained a principled opposition to Norwegian membership in the European Union
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
.

The party has supported both Socialist and non-Socialist coalition governments; between 1930 and 2000 the Centre Party has participated in seven governments, three of which were led by a Prime Minister from the party.






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The Centre Party (Senterpartiet, Sp) is a centrist and agrarian
Nordic Agrarian parties

The Nordic Agrarian parties, or Nordic Centre parties, is a class of post-Agrarianism political parties on the Nordic countries. They remain hard to classify by any conventional political ideology....
 Norwegian
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 political party
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 founded in 1920. Until 1959 it bore the name Bondepartiet ("The Farmers' Party"). 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.

Since 1972, it has maintained a principled opposition to Norwegian membership in the European Union
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
.

The party has supported both Socialist and non-Socialist coalition governments; between 1930 and 2000 the Centre Party has participated in seven governments, three of which were led by a Prime Minister from the party. Still, until 2005, the party had joined only non-socialist governments.

During the eight decades since the Centre Party was created as a political fraction of a Norwegian agrarian organization, the party has changed a great deal. Only few years after the creation the party broke with its mother organization and started developing a policy based on decentralization
Decentralization

__FORCETOC__Decentralization or Decentralisation is the process of dispersing decision-making governance closer to the people or citizen....
, moving away from a single-minded agrarian policy, like that which has trapped many other European Centre Parties' conduct.

In the 2005 parliamentary election
Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 September 2005. More than 3.4 million Norwegians were eligible for vote for the Storting, the parliament of Norway....
 the party ran for government together with the Norwegian Labour Party
Norwegian Labour Party

The Norwegian Labour Party is a social democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Second cabinet Stoltenberg and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
 (Arbeiderpartiet, Ap) and the Socialist Left Party (SV), with the Centre Party constituting the "green part" of that Red-Green Coalition
Red-Green Coalition (Norway)

The Red-Green Coalition is a coalition of Norway political party, formed by the Norwegian Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party , and the Centre Party ....
. The coalition was successful in winning the majority of the seats in the Storting
Storting

The Storting is the Norway Parliament, and is located in the capital city Oslo. It sits in the Storting building which was completed in 1866 and was designed by the Sweden architect Emil Victor Langlet....
, and negotiations followed with the aim of forming a coalition cabinet led by the Labour Party's leader Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg

is the Prime Minister of Norway. He took office in October of 2005; he was previously Prime Minister from 2000 to 2001. He has also been the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party since 2002....
. These negotiations succeeded and the Centre Party entered the cabinet on October 17 2005 with four ministers.

List of SP party leaders

  • Johan E. Mellbye
    Johan E. Mellbye

    Johan Egeberg Mellbye was the leader of the Norway Centre Party in the period 1920?1921. He also served as Minister of Agriculture 1904-1905....
     1920–1921
  • Kristoffer Høgset 1921–1927
  • Erik Enge
    Erik Enge

    Erik Mathiassen Enge was the Norway Minister of Agriculture 1912-1913. From 1927-1930 Enge was the leader of the Centre Party ....
     1927–1930
  • Jens Hundseid
    Jens Hundseid

    Jens Hundseid was a Norway politician from the Centre Party . He was a member of the Storting from 1924 to 1940 and Prime Minister of Norway from 1932 to 1933....
     1930–1938
  • Nils Trædal
    Nils Trædal

    Nils Tr?dal was a Norwegian cleric and politician for the agrarian party Bondepartiet and leader of the party from 1938 to 1948. He was Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1931-1932 and 1932-1933, as well as acting Prime Minister and acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1932....
     1938–1948
  • Einar Frogner
    Einar Frogner

    Einar Frogner was the leader of the Norway Centre Party 1948-1954, and Minister of Agriculture in 1945....
     1948–1954
  • Per Borten
    Per Borten

    was a Norway politician from the Centre Party and Prime Minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971.Borten was born in Fl?, S?r-Tr?ndelag in the municipality of Melhus in S?r-Tr?ndelag, and was educated Agricultural science from the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1939....
     1955–1967
  • John Austrheim
    John Austrheim

    John Austrheim was a Norway politician and government minister for the Centre Party .Born in Gloppen, Sogn og Fjordane, Austrheim had no more than a primary education, and worked as a farmer when he was elected mayor of his municipality Gloppen in 1955....
     1967–1973
  • Dagfinn Vårvik
    Dagfinn Vårvik

    Dagfinn V?rvik is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party .From August to September 1963 he was Minister of Finance during the short-lived centre-right cabinet Lyng....
     1973–1977
  • Gunnar Stålsett
    Gunnar Stålsett

    Gunnar St?lsett is the former bishop of Diocese of Oslo, in the Church of Norway, from 1998 to 2005.St?lsett is a graduate from MF Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo, and was awarded the qualification cand.theol....
     1977–1979
  • Johan J. Jakobsen
    Johan J. Jakobsen

    Johan Jakob Jakobsen is a former politician from Norway, representing the Norwegian Senterpartiet.He had a long political career, sitting seven terms as a representative in the Storting, first elected in 1973....
     1979–1991
  • Anne Enger Lahnstein
    Anne Enger Lahnstein

    Anne Enger, formerly Anne Enger Lahnstein is a Norway politician, but out of politics for the moment, as she is County Governor of ?stfold....
     1991–1999
  • Odd Roger Enoksen
    Odd Roger Enoksen

    Odd Roger Enoksen is a Norway politician representing the Norwegian Senterpartiet.Having an agronomist education, he previously worked as a farmer....
     1999–2003
  • Åslaug Haga
    Åslaug Haga

    ?slaug Marie Haga is a Norway politician. She was the leader of the Centre Party from 2003 to 2008.Haga was born in Nes, Akershus, Akershus....
     2003–2008
  • Liv Signe Navarsete
    Liv Signe Navarsete

    Liv Signe Navarsete is the Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications and the leader of the Norwegian Centre Party . She took office in 2005 serving in the second cabinet Stoltenberg....
     2008–


Government participation

Governments led by Centre Party Prime Ministers:
  • The Government of Peder Kolstad
    Peder Kolstad

    Peder Ludvik Kolstad was a Norway politician from the Centre Party . He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1931 until his death in 1932....
     1930–31 (minority government
    Minority government

    A minority government or a minority cabinet is a Cabinet of a parliamentary system formed when the governing political party or Coalition government of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament....
    )
  • The Government of Jens Hundseid
    Jens Hundseid

    Jens Hundseid was a Norway politician from the Centre Party . He was a member of the Storting from 1924 to 1940 and Prime Minister of Norway from 1932 to 1933....
     1931–32 (minority government)
  • The Government of Per Borten
    Per Borten

    was a Norway politician from the Centre Party and Prime Minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971.Borten was born in Fl?, S?r-Tr?ndelag in the municipality of Melhus in S?r-Tr?ndelag, and was educated Agricultural science from the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1939....
     1965–71 (coalition
    Coalition government

    A coalition government is a Cabinet of a parliamentary system government in which several political party cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament....
     of Sp, H
    Conservative Party of Norway

    The Conservative Party is a Norway political party. Founded in 1884, it is Norway's second oldest party. The current leader is Erna Solberg....
    , KrF, and V
    Venstre (Norway)

    The Liberal Party of Norway is a Social liberalism political party in Norway. It is the oldest political party in the country, founded in 1884....
    )
With Prime Ministers from other parties:
  • The Government of Lars Korvald
    Lars Korvald

    was a Norway politician from the Kristelig Folkeparti. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1972 to 1973, leading the cabinet that took over when Trygve Bratteli resigned in the wake of the first referendum over Norway's membership in the Norway and the European Union....
     (KrF), 1972–73 (coalition of KrF, Sp, and V)
  • The Government of Kåre Willoch
    Kåre Willoch

    is a Norway politician from the H?yre. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1981 to 1986.Willoch graduated as an economist from the University of Oslo....
     (H), 1983–86 (coalition of H, KrF, and Sp)
  • The Government of Jan P. Syse
    Jan P. Syse

    was a lawyer and Norway politician from the Conservative Party of Norway. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1989 to 1990. He also served as Minister of Industry from 1983 to 1985....
     (H), 1989–90, (coalition of H, KrF, and Sp)
  • The first Government of Kjell Magne Bondevik
    Kjell Magne Bondevik

    [IPA: ??l: m??n? bun:?vi:k] is a Norway Lutheranism Religious minister and Politics of Norway. He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005, making him Norway's longest serving non-Socialist Prime Minister since World War II....
     (KrF), 1997–2000 (minority government coalition of KrF, Sp, and V)
  • The second Government of Jens Stoltenberg
    Jens Stoltenberg

    is the Prime Minister of Norway. He took office in October of 2005; he was previously Prime Minister from 2000 to 2001. He has also been the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party since 2002....
     (Ap), 2005–present (coalition of Ap
    Norwegian Labour Party

    The Norwegian Labour Party is a social democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Second cabinet Stoltenberg and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
    , Sp and SV)


External links

  • – Official English-language information page on the Centre Party's ideology
  • – Official website