A Turn to the Right: The Norwegian Parliamentary Election of September 2013

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Johannes Bergh and Knut Heidar for useful comments.

Notes

1. Kristelig Folkeparti itself employs the label ‘Christian Democrats’, not the literal translation ‘Christian People’s Party’. http://www.krf.no/ikbViewer/page/krf/politikk/english.

2. For other recent contributions in the elections in context series, see for example Faas (2010), Holsteyn (2011), Arter (2011), and Kosiara-Pedersen (2012).

3. See e.g. http://www.nrk.no/norge/mener-frp-bidrar-til-hatsk-debatt-1.7886748.

4. See Aalberg (2013) for details.

5. See Aalberg (2011, 2012, 2013) for details on the various conflicts.

6. The long-time Socialist Left leader, Kristin Halvorsen, announced her resignation in September 2011, and deputy leader Audun Lysbakken was elected new party leader in 2012.

7. See also http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article4038439.ece#.UuEu0qPKyRs.

8. The previous Liberal leader, Lars Sponheim, signed a written ‘guarantee’ in Norway’s largest newspaper against forming a coalition with or acting as a support party for the Progress Party (Allern 2010). Skei Grande hesitated, but was never as definite.

9. See e.g. http://www.nettavisen.no/politikk/article3678355.ece.

10. See e.g. http://clemet.blogg.no/1321887854_bevegelse_p_borgerlig.html.

11. http://www.dagen.no/2013/09/24/samfunn/frank_aarebrot/krf/innenriks/168,587.

12. http://stemvenstre.no/v-og-krf-vi-har-bare-en-plan-et-ikke-sosialistisk-flertall-skal-gi-en-ikke-sosialistisk-regjering/.

13. See http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/11/20/nyheter/innenriks/politikk/samfunn/ap/30,398,306/ and http://www.nrk.no/valg2013/dette-mener-velgerne-er-viktigst-1.11221022.

14. http://taxistoltenberg.no/, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/12/norway-pm-jens-stoltenberg-taxi.

15. http://www.minstemme2013.no/.

16. Nineteen compensatory seats are distributed to those parties that lose out the most from the provincial distribution

of seats (Aardal 2011).

17. In sum there are 18 ministers, which is two fewer than in the previous (three-party) government.

18. See http://www.hoyre.no/filestore/Filer/Politikkdokumenter/Samarbeidsavtale.pdf.