Conservative Party (Norway)

Høyre (abbr. H; nynorsk: Høgre; German rights, common name Conservatives) is a conservative political party in Norway. It was founded on 25 August 1884. Chairman since 2004, Erna Solberg, who until 2013 led the group in the Parliament Storting of 2005.

Høyre was last involved from 2001 to 2005 in the government. In the center-right coalition of the second Bondevik government Høyre brought a by far the most seats, but had to leave the Christian People's Party, the head of government. In opposition, the Conservatives were well behind the right-wing populist Progress Party. Polls promised at the turn of 2011/12, however, a reversal of the balance of power and thus a return of the Conservatives to its former strength. The traditionally difficult coexistence of the two major bourgeois parties was thereby made ​​more difficult. After her landslide victory in the 2013 election, the Conservatives closed on 7 October 2013 coalition agreement with the Progressive Party. The government Solberg was formed on October 16, after the outgoing government Jens Stoltenberg II had tendered her resignation as announced.

The party favors in principle EU membership in Norway and is an advocate of a social market economy.

Party chairman

  • Emil Stang, 1884-1889
  • Christian Homann Schweigaard, 1889-1891
  • Emil Stang, 1891-1893
  • Christian Homann Schweigaard, 1893-1896
  • Emil Stang, 1896-1899
  • Francis Hagerup, 1899-1902
  • Ole L. Skattebøl, 1902-1905
  • Edm. Harbitz, 1905-1907
  • Fredrik Stang, 1907-1911
  • Jens Bratlie, 1911-1919
  • Otto Bahr Halvorsen, 1919-1923
  • Ivar Lykke, 1923-1926
  • Carl Joachim Hambro, 1926-1934
  • Johan H. Andresen, 1934-1937
  • Ole Ludvig Bærøe, 1937-1940
  • Arthur Nordlie, 1945-1950
  • Carl Joachim Hambro, 1950-1954
  • Alv Kjos, 1954-1962
  • Sjur Lindebrække, 1962-1970
  • Kåre Willoch, 1970-1974
  • Erling Norvik, 1974-1980
  • Jo Benkow, 1980-1984
  • Erling Norvik, 1984-1986
  • Rolf Presthus, 1986-1988
  • Jan P. Syse, 1988-1991
  • Kaci Kullmann Five, 1991-1994
  • January Petersen, 1994-2004
  • Erna Solberg, since 2004

Prime Minister

  • Emil Stang, 1889-1891 and 1893-1895
  • Francis Hagerup, 1895-1898 and 1903-1905
  • Jens Bratlie, 1912-1913
  • Otto Bahr Halvorsen, 1920-1921 and 1923
  • Ivar Lykke, 1926-1928
  • John Lyng, 1963
  • Kåre Willoch, 1981-1986
  • Jan P. Syse, 1989-1990
  • Erna Solberg, Since 2013

Election results to the Storting

Conservatism Norwegian parliamentary election, 2013 International Democrat Union Counties of Norway Akershus Hordaland Solberg's Cabinet Ivar Lykke (politician) C. J. Hambro Jan Petersen Norwegian parliamentary election, 1961 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1965 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1969 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1973 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1977 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1993 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1997 Labour Party (Norway) Liberal Party (Norway) Socialist Left Party (Norway) Coastal Party Democrats in Norway Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) Conservative People's Party (Denmark) Pro Patria and Res Publica Union New Democracy (Greece) Fine Gael Nationalist Party (Malta) Social Democratic Party (Portugal) Christian Democrats (Sweden) New Slovenia Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary) Democratic Rally Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
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