Nei til EU is the main 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...

 interest group opposing a future Norwegian accession to the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 (EU). It began informally in 1988 and became a full organization in 1990.

Criticism

While presenting itself as politically neutral, the organisation has been accused of largely being a leftist organisation consisting mostly of Socialist Left Party

Socialist Left Party (Norway)

The Socialist Left Party or SV, is a Norwegian left-wing political party. At one point one of the smallest parties in Parliament, it became the fourth-largest political party in Norway for the first time in the 2001 parliamentary election, and has been so ever since...

 and Centre Party

Centre Party (Norway)

The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its...

 members. In addition, the organisation has also been noted for rejecting, as well as being rejected by, eurosceptic Progress Party

Progress Party (Norway)

The Progress Party is a political party in Norway which identifies as conservative liberal and libertarian. The media has described it as conservative and right-wing populist...

 members.

Leaders

• 1990 - 1995 : Kristen Nygaard
  Kristen Nygaard
  Kristen Nygaard was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer and politician. He was born in Oslo and died of a heart attack in 2002.-Object-oriented programming:...
  
  
• 1995 - 1997 : Stein Ørnhøi
  Stein Ørnhøi
  Stein Ørnhøi is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party, he was the last party leader of the Socialist People's Party of Norway....
  
  
• 1997 - 1999 : Lisbeth Holand
  Lisbeth Holand
  Lisbeth Holand is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion...
  
  
• 1999 - 2004 : Sigbjørn Gjelsvik
• 2004–present : Heming Olaussen
  Heming Olaussen
  Henning Olaussen is the current leader of Nei til EU.He took over the leadership from longtime leader Sigbjørn Gjelsvik at the 2004 congress. He is a former member of the Socialist Left Party....