The New Future Coalition Party was a Norwegian

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, which was founded by Member of Parliament Finn Thoresen

Finn Thoresen

Finn Thoresen was a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Progress Party.He was a member of the central administration of the Progress Party from 1973 to 1976, and was chairman of its Østfold chapter from 1974 to 1975...

 in 1993. The party was never successful in elections, and merged with the Christian Conservative Party

Christian Conservative Party

The Christian Conservative Party was a political party in Norway which was originally formed in 1965 as the Democratic Party of Norway. The party was later also known as the Christian Democrats and the Peace Party, before it became the KKP. The party was for many of its last years led by Paul...

 to form the Christian Unity Party

Christian Unity Party

Christian Unity Party is a conservative political party in Norway without parliamentary representation.The party was founded on 26 September 1998 with the merging of Christian Conservative Party and the New Future Coalition Party, the first originating from a conservative branch of the Christian...

 in 1998.

History

The party was founded in early 1993 by Member of Parliament Finn Thoresen

Finn Thoresen

Finn Thoresen was a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Progress Party.He was a member of the central administration of the Progress Party from 1973 to 1976, and was chairman of its Østfold chapter from 1974 to 1975...

, after he had defected from the Progress Party

Progress Party (Norway)

The Progress Party is a political party in Norway which identifies as conservative liberal and libertarian. The media has described it as conservative and right-wing populist...

 in late 1992. It put up lists in all counties of Norway in the election of the same year and received around 8,000 votes, far away from parliamentary representation by any county. The Christian Unity Party

Christian Unity Party (1993)

The Christian Unity Party was a Norwegian political party which ran for the 1993 parliamentary election. This was the only time the party put up lists for an election, and it was also only in the county of Vest-Agder. In 1994 the party merged with the New Future Coalition Party....

 (Det Kristne Samlingsparti) merged into the party in 1994. In the election of 1997, the party was reduced to setting up lists in only two counties.

On 26 September 1998, the party merged with the Christian Conservative Party

Christian Conservative Party

The Christian Conservative Party was a political party in Norway which was originally formed in 1965 as the Democratic Party of Norway. The party was later also known as the Christian Democrats and the Peace Party, before it became the KKP. The party was for many of its last years led by Paul...

 to form a new party, similarly as the earlier party called the Christian Unity Party

Christian Unity Party

Christian Unity Party is a conservative political party in Norway without parliamentary representation.The party was founded on 26 September 1998 with the merging of Christian Conservative Party and the New Future Coalition Party, the first originating from a conservative branch of the Christian...

 (Kristent Samlingsparti).

Political profile

The party sought a stronger presence for the Christian

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

cultural foundation in politics.