Moderate Liberal Party
The Moderate Liberal Party (, literally "Moderate Left") was a List of political parties in Norway, political party in Norway that emerged from the moderate and religious branches of the Liberal Party (Norway), Liberal Party in 1888. The party's turn towards cooperation with the Conservative Party (Norway), Conservative Party caused a party split in 1891, eventually sharpening its profile as a moderate-conservative party based among the low church of Bible Belt (Norway), south-western Norway. The party was dissolved shortly after the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden, dissolution of the union with Sweden in 1905. History The Moderate Liberal Party was formed on 4 February 1888, when a conservative and religious wing broke away from the Liberal Party. Leading members of the party included Jakob Sverdrup (politician), Jakob Sverdrup, Baard Madsen Haugland, Baard Haugland, Ole Vollan, and Lars Oftedal (born 1838), Lars Oftedal. The political conflicts between the Libe ...
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Liberal Party (Norway)
The Liberal Party (, , V; ) is a social liberal political party in Norway. It was founded in 1884 and is the oldest political party in Norway. Despite its native name, the Liberal Party is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum, and usually cooperates much more with the right wing parties. It is a liberal party which has over the time enacted reforms such as parliamentarism, freedom of religion, universal suffrage, and state schooling. For most of the late 19th and early 20th century, it was Norway's largest and dominant political party, but in the postwar era it lost most of its support and became a relatively small party. The party has nevertheless participated in several centrist and centre-right government coalitions in the postwar era. It currently holds eight seats in the Parliament, and was previously a part of Norway's government together with the Conservative Party and the Christian Democratic Party. Guri Melby has served as the party leader since 202 ...
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