Red–green coalition (Norway): Difference between revisions

| ideology = [[Social democracy]] (Ap),<br />[[Democratic socialism]] (SV),<br />[[Agrarianism]] (Sp)

The '''red–green coalition''' was a [[centre-left]] [[political coalition|coalition]] of [[political party|parties]] in [[Norway]], constituting the [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour Party]] (Ap), the [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]] (SV), and the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]] (Sp). Unlike many other Red-Green coalitions, the "green" here was the colour of a centrist [[eurosceptic]] [[Nordic agrarian parties|Nordic agrarian party]] rather than an actual [[Green politics|green political movement]]. It governed from 2005 until Labour Party leader [[Jens Stoltenberg]] resigned his cabinet on 16 October 2013 following the coalition's defeat in the [[2013 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2013|2013 elections]].

The coalition was established in 2005 to constitute an alternative to the centre-right government of [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]], and won the [[2005 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005]] with a slight [[majority]]. The Labour-led [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]] government formed was the first majority government in Norway since 1985. It replaced the Bondevik government on 17 October 2005.

However, different views between the three parties taking part in the coalition on several important issues<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1113909.ece |title=Challenges abound for Jens |accessdate=September 13, 2005 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119085143/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1113909.ece |archivedate=November 19, 2005 }}</ref> led to tough negotiations at Soria Moria in Oslo to put their differences aside in order to reach a common platform.

A good relationship between the leader of Labour Party, [[Jens Stoltenberg]], and of the Socialist Left, [[Kristin Halvorsen]], has been considered a major factor in forming the alliance.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} Halvorsen was considered more [[pragmatism|pragmatic]] and moderate than some of her old-guard party colleagues; the [[Socialist People's Party (Norway)|Socialist People's Party]], one of SV's predecessors, was established in the early 1960s as an ideological opponent to Labour's foreign policy, and it was the main opponent to [[NATO]] membership. After the [[2005 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005|September 2005 election]], some old members criticised Halvorsen for being too benign towards Labour.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

The [[2009 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009|2009 parliamentary elections]] resulted in a renewed majority for the Red-Green coalition, with 86 seats out of 169. The Socialist Left Party lost four seats in parliament, while the Labour Party gained three.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/partiene/arbeiderpartiet/article3269724.ece|title=Å ta ministerposter fra SV vil være å strø salt i såret|last=Molstad|first=Kristjan|author2=Hauge, Mari Torsdotter|author3=Barstad, Stine|date=September 15, 2009|publisher=[[Aftenposten]]|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2009-09-15|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916193453/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/partiene/arbeiderpartiet/article3269724.ece|archivedate=September 16, 2009|df=}}</ref> The successful re-election of a sitting government is a rare event in Norway, and had not happened since 1993.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nrk.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg/valg_2009/1.6775208 |title=Dette er historisk |last1=Helljesen|first1=Vilde |last2=Aanensen|first2=Kristian |date=September 14, 2009 |newspaper=NRK |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2009-09-16}}</ref>

*[[Minister of Justice and Public Security]]: [[GretheGrete Faremo]] ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])

*[[Minister of Transport and Communications (Norway)|Minister of Transport and Communications]]: [[Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa]] ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])