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One Language is a Norwegian
political party
that ran for the parliamentary election in 2009
. The party's main goal is to abolish Nynorsk
as a written language in schools and the public sector. In 2009, it ran for election in Akershus
, and received 100 votes.
The party was founded by the 69 year old Norwegian language
teacher Einar Smørdal who had previously proposed such a party in a letter to the local newspaper Møre in Volda
. The party's immediate issue was to end compulsory education in Nynorsk in grade and high school, while making Bokmål
the sole language in public documents was a more long term goal. The party emphasized that it did not oppose spoken dialects, it was having two parallel written languages which they opposed.
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...
that ran for the parliamentary election in 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...
. The party's main goal is to abolish Nynorsk
Nynorsk
Nynorsk or New Norwegian is one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. The standard language was created by Ivar Aasen during the mid-19th century, to provide a Norwegian alternative to the Danish language which was commonly written in Norway at the...
as a written language in schools and the public sector. In 2009, it ran for election in Akershus
Akershus
- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...
, and received 100 votes.
The party was founded by the 69 year old Norwegian language
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
teacher Einar Smørdal who had previously proposed such a party in a letter to the local newspaper Møre in Volda
Volda
Volda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Volda. The municipality is located about south of the city of Ålesund.-General information:...
. The party's immediate issue was to end compulsory education in Nynorsk in grade and high school, while making Bokmål
Bokmål
Bokmål is one of two official Norwegian written standard languages, the other being Nynorsk. Bokmål is used by 85–90% of the population in Norway, and is the standard most commonly taught to foreign students of the Norwegian language....
the sole language in public documents was a more long term goal. The party emphasized that it did not oppose spoken dialects, it was having two parallel written languages which they opposed.