Coastal Party

Coastal Party

Kystpartiet
Coastal Party Kystpartiet
Leader	Bengt Stabrun Johansen
Founded	1 February 1999
Split from	Non-Partisan Deputies
Headquarters	Grensen 8B; 0159 Oslo
Youth wing	Kystpartiets Ungdom
Ideology	Northern regionalism; Agrarianism; National conservatism; Euroscepticism
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Green
Parliament	0 / 169
County Councils	1 / 728
Municipal Councils	1 / 10,781
Website
	www.kystpartiet.no
	Politics of Norway; Political parties; Elections;

The Coastal Party (Norwegian: Kystpartiet) is a regionalist, agrarian^[3] political party in Norway. The party has district, fishing and coastal issues among its primary policies with its main political base in Northern Norway,^[4] and is a staunch opponent of Norwegian membership in the European Union. It was represented in the Norwegian Parliament from 2001 to 2005, and its predecessor, the Non-Partisan Deputies, from 1997 to 2001. Originally led by the fisherman and whale hunter Steinar Bastesen, its current leader is Bengt Stabrun Johansen (since 2012).

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^ ^a ^b "Valg 2015 – Alt om kommune- og fylkestingsvalget". 18 March 2015.
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^ Jan Sjåvik, ed. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Norway. Scarecrow Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-8108-6408-5.