Center Party (Norway)
Center Party (Norwegian: Partiet Sentrum, Northern Sami: Bellodat Guovddáš) is a registered political party in Norway. The party was established by several former county leaders from the Christian Democratic Party, defectors from the Socialist Left Party, the Labour Party, the Conservative Party and the Green Party, as well as former city councilor for the Labour Party in Oslo Geir Lippestad. The party's youth organization is Unge Sentrum.
Center Party Partiet Sentrum Bellodat Guovddáš | |
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| Abbreviation | S |
| Leader | Geir Lippestad |
| Founded | 24 September 2020 |
| Split from | Christian Democratic Party Socialist Left Party Labour Party Conservative Party Green Party |
| Headquarters | c/o Advokatfirmaet Lippestad AS Sehesteds gate 6 0164 Oslo |
| Youth wing | Unge Sentrum |
| Ideology | Centrism Environmentalism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left |
| Colours | Red |
| Storting | 0 / 169 |
| Municipal Councils | 7 / 9,344 |
| Website | |
| partietsentrum.no | |
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In the party platform, the party has decided to be a bloc-independent center party based on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The party wanted a change of government after the 2021 Norwegian parliamentary election. The party received 0.3% of the votes in the elections.