Background
Venstre (literally Left, internationally named "The Liberal Party of Norway") was the first organised political force in Norway, and was for long times the dominant political party (from the 1880s to the 1920s). Since the Second World War, it has been one of the minor parties. Today, Venstre is a centrist liberal party. Venstre is also one of the founding members of the Liberal International. Competing liberal parties have been in existence from time to time, but today only Venstre is represented in Parliament. Most other self-awovedly liberal parties and groupings muster only negligble electoral support. FrP ( internationally named "The progress party of Norway")
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