The Norwegian Greens is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

, formed in October 1988 from a number of local environmental election lists. The party has no members of parliament (gaining 0.3 % in the 2009 elections), but has some representation in municipal

Municipalities of Norway

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties , and 430 municipalities...

 councils (gaining 1,3 % in the 2011 elections). The party and election analyst Svein Tore Marthinsen viewed the 2011 elections

Norwegian local elections, 2011

Nationwide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on 12 September 2011. Several municipalities also opened the polling booths on 11 September. For most polling stations this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections...

 as a breakthrough, since the party gained 17 seats in municipal councils and one seat in the Hordaland county council. They are now represented in Norway's three largest cities, Oslo, Bergen, and Trondheim.

The party does not have a leader in the traditional sense, rather it is led by the national board which consists of five persons. Among the board members, two persons (currently Hanna Elise Marcussen

Hanna Elise Marcussen

Hanna Elise Marcussen is a Norwegian politician for the Green Party.Along with Sondre Båtstrand she is national spokesperson for the party—equivalent to party leader. She represents Oslo.-External resources:www.mdg.no...

 and Harald A. Nissen), act as national spokespersons for the party. All party representatives are elected during the annual party convention.

Miljøpartiet De Grønne is a member of the European Greens and the Global Greens

Global Greens

The Global Greens is a global network of Green parties and political movements. It was founded in 2001 in Canberra, Australia at the First Global Greens Congress, where the Global Green Charter was approved. The Second Global Greens Congress was held in 2008 in Sao Paolo, Brazil...

.

Election results

Year	Result, Parliamentary elections	Year	Result, County elections
1989 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1989 A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 11 September 1989.-Results:1 This list was a cooperation between the Norwegian Communist Party, Workers' Communist Party, Red Electoral Alliance and independent socialists....	0.4%	1991	0.5%
1993 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1993 A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 13 September 1993. The Labour Party won a plurality of seats, and Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland remained in office. The Centre Party was particularly successful, gaining 21 seats....	0.1%	1995	0.5%
1997 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1997 A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 15 September 1997. Before the election, Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland of the Labour Party, issued the 36.9 ultimatum declaring that the government would step down unless it gained 36.9% of the vote, the percentage gained...	0.2%	1999	0.4%
2001 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001 A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on September 10, 2001. The Labour Party won a plurality of votes and seats, closely followed by the Conservative Party...	0.2%	2003	0.2%
2005 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005 Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 September 2005. More than 3.4 million Norwegians were eligible for vote for the Storting, the parliament of Norway. The new Storting has 169 members, an increase of four over the 2001 election....	0.1%	2007	0.6%
2009 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009 The 2009 parliamentary election was held in Norway on 14 September 2009. Elections in Norway are held on a Monday in September, usually the second or third Monday, as determined by the king. Early voting was possible between 10 August and 11 September 2009, while some municipalities held open...	0.3%	2011	1.3%

External links

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