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unusual facts about Progress Party's Youth


Progress Party's Youth

After the expulsion of its entire liberal faction during the 1994 Progress Party national convention at Bolkesjø in Telemark, Ulf Leirstein became the new leader.


Aril Edvardsen

Aril Edvardsen was a proponent of reconciliation between Christians and Muslims, and in 2004 directed heavy criticism against Carl I. Hagen, then leader of the Progress Party, for Hagen's derisive comments against the prophet Muhammad.

Erik Blücher

He became a member of the Norwegian Young Conservatives, but having written an article where he called for a party to the right of the Conservative Party, he was present at the 1973 foundation meeting of Anders Lange's Party, a tax protest party which would evolve to become the Progress Party, today one of Norway's biggest political parties.

Erik Fosnes Hansen

He gained attention in the Norwegian press after throwing a piece of paper at a representative of the Progress Party during a heated debate on the radio station NRK P2.

Hospital to Alta

Londal started early that he hoped that the list could act as a unified list for several profiled politicians, including the Progress Party's parliamentarian Jan-Henrik Fredriksen and the Liberal Party's Trine Noodt, although these never joined.

John Willie Kofi Harlley

This commission remained in place even after the handover to the democratically elected Progress Party government of Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia.

Kjell Elvis

He is also known for having supported his friend Vidar Kleppe, a former MP for the Progress Party, and in 2001 stated that "if Elvis were alive, he would have voted for the Progress Party".

Liv Løberg

Liv Løberg (born 28 May 1949; former names Liv Else Lindeløf and Liv Ranes-Kendall) is a Norwegian practical nurse, a former politician for the Progress Party and a convicted felon.

Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

It is led by Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien (Progress Party).

Norwegian parliamentary election, 2017

The Conservative Party, led by Erna Solberg, and the right-wing Progress Party formed a two-party minority government, with Solberg as Prime Minister.

Oddbjørn Jonstad

He started his political career in 1987 as an Oppegård municipal councillor for the Progress Party, and became the leader of the local chapter in 1995.

Simon Diedong Dombo

During the Second Republic, he was a member of the ruling Progress Party.

Simon Spies

Mogens Glistrup, friend of Spies and a controversial Danish politician, founder of the Progress Party.

Tove Lill Løyte

She is the leader of the Norwegian political party Progress Party's Youth Organization the Youth of the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiets Ungdom in Norwegian) in the county of Vest-Agder.


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