Socialist Left Party
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Key facts
- Abbreviation
- SV
- Leader
- Kirsti Bergstø
- Parliamentary leader
- Kirsti Bergstø
- Founded
- 16 March 1975
- Merger of
- Socialist People's Party , Democratic Socialists , Communist Party of Norway
- Preceded by
- Socialist Electoral League
- Headquarters
- Møllergata 4, Oslo
- Youth wing
- Socialist Youth
- Membership 2024
- 16,240
- Ideology
- Socialism Eco-socialism Republicanism ( Norwegian )
- Political position
- Left-wing
- European affiliation
- European Left Alliance (observer)
- Nordic affiliation
- Nordic Green Left Alliance
- Colours
- Red Green Purple (customary)
- Slogan
- For de mange – ikke for de få , ('For the many – not the few')
- Storting
- 9 / 169
- County councils
- 34 / 574
- County mayors
- 0 / 15
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- political party
- Official name
- Sosialistalatj gårobelludak
- Country
- Norway
- Headquarters
- Oslo
- Chairperson
- Kirsti Bergstø
- Official website
- sv.no/english
- Motto
- «For de mange – ikke for de få»
- Political ideology
- democratic socialism
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- official blog URL
- sv.no/aktuelt/nyheter
- topic's main category
- Category:Socialist Left Party (Norway)
- inception
- 1975-01-01
- member count
- 16240
- Commons category
- Sosialistisk Venstreparti
- member of
- Nordic Green Left Alliance
- youth wing
- Socialist Youth
- sRGB color hex triplet
- B5317C
- short name
- SV
- native label
- Sosialistisk Venstreparti
- political alignment
- radical left
- social media followers
- 51260
- donations
- 13330369
- number of seats in assembly
- 12
- official shop URL
- sv.logistikkhuset.no
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Encyclopedic overview
The Socialist Left Party (Norwegian: Sosialistisk Venstreparti, SV; Northern Sami: Sosialisttalaš Gurutbellodat) is a socialist political party in Norway. Positioned on the left-wing of the political spectrum, it is opposed to European Union and the European Economic Area membership. SV supports a strong public sector, stronger social welfare programs, environmentalism, and republicanism. As of 2024, the party had 16,240 members. The party leader is Kirsti Bergstø, who was elected on 18 March 2023.
The party was founded in 1973 as the Socialist Electoral League, an electoral coalition with the Communist Party of Norway, Socialist People's Party, Democratic Socialists – AIK, and independent socialists. In 1975, the coalition was turned into a unified political party. The party was largely founded as a result of the foreign policies prevalent at the time, with the socialists being opposed to Norwegian membership of the European Communities (which later became the European Union) and of NATO.
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