Libertas was a
Norwegian libertarian business organisation.
It was founded in
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
in 1947. The organisation's first secretary-general was jurist
Trygve de Lange. It fought against the regulation politics of the
Labour Party, and had considerable influence on conservatives in the 1950s and 1960s. It held lectures at
Elingård in
Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipal ...
from 1948, and published the magazine ''
Nå'' from 1952 to 1995. Libertas was succeeded by the
Liberal Research Institute in 1988.
Trygve de Lange was secretary-general from 1947 to 1976.
[ The chairmen were Odd Berg (1947–1952),]
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1947 establishments in Norway
Organizations established in 1947
Organizations disestablished in 1988
Political organisations based in Norway
Libertarianism in Europe