Partiet Sentrum

Center Party

Partiet Sentrum
Center Party Partiet Sentrum
Abbreviation	S
Leader	Geir Lippestad
Founded	24 September 2020
Split from	Christian Democratic Party; Labour Party
Headquarters	c/o Advokatfirmaet Lippestad AS; Sehesteds gate 6; 0164 Oslo
Youth wing	Centre Youth [no]
Ideology	Centrism; Environmentalism;
Political position	Centre to centre-left
Colours	Red
Storting	0 / 169
Municipal Councils	7 / 9,344
Website
	partietsentrum.no
	Politics of Norway; Political parties; Elections;

Partiet Sentrum (abbr. S; lit. 'Center Party'; Northern Sami: Bellodat Guovddáš) is a registered political party in Norway. The party was established in 2020 after a split in the Christian Democratic Party. Its formation was spearheaded by former Oslo city councilor Geir Lippestad of the Labour Party, who was elected as the party's first leader. The party's platform focuses on climate policy. It has yet to win a seat in the national Storting, but a number of its members have been elected at the municipal level.

History

The party was established on 24 September 2020 by former county leaders from the Christian Democratic Party (KrF) and former Oslo city councilor Geir Lippestad of the Labour Party. The KrF county leaders left their party after an internal split between the KrF's left and right factions, in which the latter won. Lippestad led the initiative to form the party and was elected its inaugural leader at the party's founding congress.^[1]^[2] The party later received further defectors from the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party, the Conservative Party, and the Green Party.^[3]^[4]

In December 2020, the party secured enough signatures to run lists in all counties for the 2021 parliamentary election.^[5] It officially registered as a political party in January 2021.^[1]

Partiet Sentrum was measured in opinion polls in the winter of 2020–2021 between 0.0 and 0.7 per cent support.^[6]^[7] In the spring of 2021, Norstat conducted a nationwide survey commissioned by the Center Party, to answer how the party fared before the parliamentary elections in 2021.^[8] Two percent of the 1,000 respondents answered "yes" to the question of whether they considered voting for the party in the autumn elections. Nine percent answered "maybe", and 13% answered "do not know".^[9]

The 2021 parliamentary election was held on 13 September. The party received 0.3% of the popular vote in the election and no seats in the Storting.^[10] After the election, the party advocated a change in government.^[11]

Platform

Partiet Sentrum's platform focuses on climate policy. It describes itself as a bloc-independent centrist party based on the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals and Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, despite being bloc-independent, the party states that it would support a red–green government. The party also advocates the phasing out of oil operations on the Norwegian continental shelf by 2035, and supports Norway accepting more refugees.^[1]

The party has been described as being on the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum.^[12]

Youth wing

The party's youth organization is Centre Youth [no].^[1]

List of party congresses

Founding congress held in 2020
First congress held online 8–9 May 2021^[13]
Second congress held in Oslo 19–28 May 2022^[14]
Third congress held 29–30 April 2023^[15]
Fourth congress held 27–28 April 2024^[16]

Election results

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2021	Geir Lippestad	7,836	0.3 (#14)	0 / 169		Extra-parliamentary

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Garvik, Olav (18 March 2025). "Sentrum – politisk parti" [Center – political party]. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 April 2025.
^ "Partiet sentrum" [Center Party]. NRK. 20 January 2021. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
^ Rowe, Asle (20 December 2020). "Thore Sebastian går fra SV til Partiet Sentrum" [Thore Sebastian leaves SV to join the Center Party]. Sandefjords Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ Aslam, Hina (12 March 2021). "Partiet Sentrum tar opp kampen med Ap: – Kunne ikke støtte et parti jeg ikke kjenner meg igjen i" [The Center Party takes up the fight with the Labour Party: – Couldn't support a party I don't recognize myself in]. Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
^ "Sentrum har sikret seg 6,110 underskrifter – vil stille liste i samtlige fylker" [The Center Party has secured 6,110 signatures – will submit a list in all counties]. Aftenposten. 20 January 2021. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
^ "pollofpolls.no – Sentrum 0,0 og 0,1" [pollofpolls.no – Center 0.0 and 0.1]. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ "pollofpolls.no – Frp lekker til "andre" – II" [pollofpolls.no – Frp leaks to "others" – II]. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ "Partiet Sentrum får ikke vite hvem som vil stemme på dem – tar saken i egne hender" [The Centre Party is not told who will vote for them – it takes matters into its own hands]. Vårt Land (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ "Norstat undersøkelse: På rett vei oppover" [Norstat survey: On the right track to the top] (in Norwegian Bokmål). 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ "Tall for hele Norge Stortingsvalg 2021" [Figures for the whole of the Norway Parliamentary Election 2021]. Valgresultat.no (in Norwegian). 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021. Partiet Sentrum 0,3%
^ "Sentrum vil ha Støre som statsminister" [The Center Party wants Støre as prime minister] (in Norwegian). 30 September 2020.
^ Walstad, Kristin (3 October 2020). "Folk til Sentrum – Partiet Sentrum" [People to the Center – The Center Party]. Partiet Sentrum (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
^ "Landsmøte 2021 – Partiet Sentrum" [National Convention 2021 – The Center Party]. 25 April 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ Walstad, Kristin. "Velkommen til Landsmøtet 2022" [Welcome to the National Convention 2022] (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ Møller-stray, Anders. "Landsmøte 2023 – Partiet Sentrum" [National Convention 2023 – The Centre Party] (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 1 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ Møller-stray, Anders. "Landsmøte 2024" [National Convention 2024] (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 1 May 2024.

External links

Official website (in Norwegian)

[Garvik-1] Garvik, Olav (18 March 2025). "Sentrum – politisk parti" [Center – political party]. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 April 2025.

[nrk.no-2] "Partiet sentrum" [Center Party]. NRK. 20 January 2021. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[3] Rowe, Asle (20 December 2020). "Thore Sebastian går fra SV til Partiet Sentrum" [Thore Sebastian leaves SV to join the Center Party]. Sandefjords Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[4] Aslam, Hina (12 March 2021). "Partiet Sentrum tar opp kampen med Ap: – Kunne ikke støtte et parti jeg ikke kjenner meg igjen i" [The Center Party takes up the fight with the Labour Party: – Couldn't support a party I don't recognize myself in]. Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 March 2021.

[5] "Sentrum har sikret seg 6,110 underskrifter – vil stille liste i samtlige fylker" [The Center Party has secured 6,110 signatures – will submit a list in all counties]. Aftenposten. 20 January 2021. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[6] "pollofpolls.no – Sentrum 0,0 og 0,1" [pollofpolls.no – Center 0.0 and 0.1]. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[7] "pollofpolls.no – Frp lekker til "andre" – II" [pollofpolls.no – Frp leaks to "others" – II]. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[8] "Partiet Sentrum får ikke vite hvem som vil stemme på dem – tar saken i egne hender" [The Centre Party is not told who will vote for them – it takes matters into its own hands]. Vårt Land (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[9] "Norstat undersøkelse: På rett vei oppover" [Norstat survey: On the right track to the top] (in Norwegian Bokmål). 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[10] "Tall for hele Norge Stortingsvalg 2021" [Figures for the whole of the Norway Parliamentary Election 2021]. Valgresultat.no (in Norwegian). 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021. Partiet Sentrum 0,3%

[11] "Sentrum vil ha Støre som statsminister" [The Center Party wants Støre as prime minister] (in Norwegian). 30 September 2020.

[12] Walstad, Kristin (3 October 2020). "Folk til Sentrum – Partiet Sentrum" [People to the Center – The Center Party]. Partiet Sentrum (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2025.

[13] "Landsmøte 2021 – Partiet Sentrum" [National Convention 2021 – The Center Party]. 25 April 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[14] Walstad, Kristin. "Velkommen til Landsmøtet 2022" [Welcome to the National Convention 2022] (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[15] Møller-stray, Anders. "Landsmøte 2023 – Partiet Sentrum" [National Convention 2023 – The Centre Party] (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 1 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[16] Møller-stray, Anders. "Landsmøte 2024" [National Convention 2024] (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 1 May 2024.

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