Green Party (Norway)

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Green Party
Miljøpartiet De Grønne
SpokespersonUne Aina Basholm and Arild Hermstad[1]
Parliamentary leaderUne Aina Bastholm
Founded29 October 1988
Membership (2019)Increase 9,963[2]
IdeologyGreen politics
Environmentalism[3]
Political positionCentre-left
Colours  Green
Storting
3 / 169
County Councils
36 / 574
Municipal Councils
310 / 9,344
Website
mdg.no

The Green party (Norwegian: Miljøpartiet de Grønne) is a green political party in Norway.[4]

They gained one representative in the Storting (the Norwegian Parliament) in the 2013 election.[5] The representative, Rasmus Hansson, was also the spokesperson of the party.[6]

The party won three seats in the 2021 Norwegian parliamentary election.[7]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Politikere". www.mdg.no.
  2. Dagbladet, ed. (7 January 2020). "Doblet medlemstallene på to år" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. "Politikk". Miljøpartiet De Grønne.
  4. "Om oss". Miljøpartiet De Grønne.
  5. https://www.stortinget.no/en/In-English/Members-of-the-Storting/Parliamentary-Party-Groups/Green-Party/
  6. "De Grønne på Stortinget | Miljøpartiet de Grønne". Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  7. Verhelst, Koen (4 October 2021). "Why do green parties struggle in climate-conscious Scandinavia?". Euronews Green. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

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