Conservative Party of Norway

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The Conservative Party (Høyre, H, meaning "right") is a Norwegian political party. Founded in 1884, it is Norway's second oldest party. The first chairman of the party was Emil Stang, and the current leader (since 2004) is Erna Solberg. Høyre are currently the second largest opposition party in the Norwegian Parliament, Stortinget. Høyre are committed to fiscal right-wing policies, including tax cuts and little government involvement in the economy. Their social policies are much more liberal, however, with the party's program openly supporting gay adoption rights, among other things, and they are also in favour of Norwegian membership in the European Union.

Parliamentary (

Year	% of votes
1961	19,3%
1965	20,3%
1969	18,8%
1973	17,2%
1977	24,5%
1981	31,8%
1985	30,4%
1989	22,2%
1993	17,0%
1997	14,3%
2001	21,2%
2005	14,1%

Party chairmen and leaders

• Emil Stang, 1884-1889
• Christian Homann Schweigaard, 1889-1891
• Emil Stang, 1891-1893
• Christian Homann Schweigaard, 1893-1896
• Emil Stang, 1896-1899
• Francis Hagerup, 1899-1902
• Ole L. Skattebøl, 1902-1905
• Edm. Harbitz, 1905-1907
• Fredrik Stang, 1907-1911
• Jens Bratlie, 1911-1919
• Otto B. Halvorsen, 1919-1923
• Ivar Lykke, 1923-1926
• Carl Joachim Hambro, 1926-1934
• Johan H. Andresen, 1934-1937
• Ole Ludvig Bærøe, 1937-1940
• Arthur Nordlie, 1945-1950
• Carl Joachim Hambro, 1950-1954
• Alv Kjøs, 1954-1962
• Sjur Lindebrække, 1962-1970
• Kåre Willoch, 1970-1974
• Erling Norvik, 1974-1980
• Jo Benkow, 1980-1984
• Erling Norvik, 1984-1986
• Rolf Presthus, 1986-1988
• Kaci Kullmann Five, 1988
• Jan P. Syse, 1988-1991
• Kaci Kullmann Five, 1991-1994
• Jan Petersen, 1994-2004
• Erna Solberg, 2004-

Unge Høyre

Høyre has its own youth party called Unge Høyre. The leader of The Young Conservatives is Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, who followed Ine Marie Eriksen. The youth party was founded in 1922.

See also

• Politics of Norway

External links

• () [Høyre] - Official site
• () [Conservative Party (Høyre)] - Information in English
• () [Unge Høyre] - Official site of the Young Conservatives
• () [Høyres Studenterforbund] - Site of the Conservative Students' Union

Norwegian parliamentary political parties
Parties in the Stoltenberg government
Labour	Socialist Left	Centre
Opposition parties
Conservative	Christian Democratic	Liberal	Progress

 

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