Red Party (Norway)

Red Party

Rødt
Raudt
Red Party Rødt; Raudt
Leader	Marie Sneve Martinussen
Founded	11 March 2007
Merger of	Red Electoral Alliance; Workers' Communist Party;
Headquarters	Dronningens Gate 22, Oslo
Youth wing	Red Youth
Membership (2022)	14,215
Ideology	Communism; Democratic socialism; Marxism; Revolutionary socialism;
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
Nordic affiliation	Nordic Green Left Alliance
Colours	Red
Slogan	"Fordi fellesskap fungerer"; ("Because community works")
Storting	8 / 169
County Councils	20 / 574
Municipal Councils	192 / 9,344
Website
	rødt.no
	Politics of Norway; Political parties; Elections;

The Red Party (Bokmål: Rødt; Nynorsk: Raudt; Northern Sami: Ruoksat) is a communist political party in Norway.^[3] It was founded in March 2007 by a merger of the Red Electoral Alliance and the Workers' Communist Party. A Marxist party, it has been described as left-wing^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] and far-left^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11] on the political spectrum. In its political programme, the Red Party sets the creation of a classless society to be its ultimate goal, which the party says is "what Karl Marx called communism".^[12] The party's other goals are replacing capitalism with socialism, an expansive public sector and nationalisation of large enterprises. It has a revolutionary socialist ideology, which aims towards new legislatures taking power on behalf of the workers,^[13] though the party does not support violent armed revolution as espoused by its predecessors in the 1970s and 1980s.^[14] It strongly opposes Norway becoming a member of the European Union.^[15]

The Red Party has 20 county council representatives nationwide and 193 municipal representatives. In the 2013 parliamentary election, it was the largest party that failed to win a seat. The party entered Parliament in the 2017 election, winning 2.4% of the vote and its first seat ever in the Storting.^[16] The last time a far-left party had representation in the Storting was when its predecessor party, the Red Electoral Alliance, won a seat in 1993. In the 2021 parliamentary election, the party achieved its best result ever, with 4.6% of the vote, securing eight seats in Parliament.^[17]

^ "Ny medlemsrekord i Rødt". Rødt (in Norwegian).
^ "Nordic Green Left | Nordic cooperation".
^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Norway". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
^ Björk, Tord (12 January 2019). "How Integrity Initiative and Atlantic Council is exposed in Norway". Steigan.no. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ Youth Quotas and other Efficient Forms of Youth Participation in Ageing Societies. Chapter author – Petter Haakenstad (P.H.) Godli. Book edited by – Jörg Tremmel, Antony Mason, Petter Haakenstad Godli and Igor Dimitrijoski. P.169. Published in 2015. Published by Springer. Published in Oslo, Norway.
^ "Norway – Political parties". Norsk Senter For Forskningsdata. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ Fossum, John (4 February 2009). "Norway's European Conundrum" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ "Moxnes ny partileder i Rødt". NRK/NTB (in Norwegian). 6 May 2012.
^ "Rødts historie". TV 2. 19 February 2009.
^ "Rødt". Store Norske Leksikon, 10 September 2013 (in Norwegian)
^ Kirk, Lisbeth (12 September 2017). "Norway populists secure second term in government". EUobserver. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ "Rødt – Fordi fellesskap fungerer". xn—rdt-0na.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 4 January 2018.
^ Jan-Arve Overland; Inga Berntsen Rudi; Ragnhild Tønnessen. "Hva står de politiske partiene for?". Nasjonal digital læringsarena (in Norwegian).
^ "Dropper væpnet revolusjon". Bergensavisen. 5 February 2007.
^ Fossum, John (4 February 2009). "Norway's European Conundrum" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ Cite error: The named reference Reuters 2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference Reuters 2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2022_members_rødt-1] "Ny medlemsrekord i Rødt". Rødt (in Norwegian).

[2] "Nordic Green Left | Nordic cooperation".

[3] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Norway". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[4] Björk, Tord (12 January 2019). "How Integrity Initiative and Atlantic Council is exposed in Norway". Steigan.no. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[5] Youth Quotas and other Efficient Forms of Youth Participation in Ageing Societies. Chapter author – Petter Haakenstad (P.H.) Godli. Book edited by – Jörg Tremmel, Antony Mason, Petter Haakenstad Godli and Igor Dimitrijoski. P.169. Published in 2015. Published by Springer. Published in Oslo, Norway.

[6] "Norway – Political parties". Norsk Senter For Forskningsdata. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[7] Fossum, John (4 February 2009). "Norway's European Conundrum" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[nrk-8] "Moxnes ny partileder i Rødt". NRK/NTB (in Norwegian). 6 May 2012.

[TV2-9] "Rødts historie". TV 2. 19 February 2009.

[SNL-10] "Rødt". Store Norske Leksikon, 10 September 2013 (in Norwegian)

[11] Kirk, Lisbeth (12 September 2017). "Norway populists secure second term in government". EUobserver. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[12] "Rødt – Fordi fellesskap fungerer". xn—rdt-0na.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 4 January 2018.

[NDLA-13] Jan-Arve Overland; Inga Berntsen Rudi; Ragnhild Tønnessen. "Hva står de politiske partiene for?". Nasjonal digital læringsarena (in Norwegian).

[14] "Dropper væpnet revolusjon". Bergensavisen. 5 February 2007.

[15] Fossum, John (4 February 2009). "Norway's European Conundrum" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[Reuters_2017-16] Cite error: The named reference Reuters 2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Reuters_2021-17] Cite error: The named reference Reuters 2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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