Progress Party (Norway, 1957)
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The Progress Party was a short-lived Norwegian
political party. The party was registered on 17 July 1957, and was headed by Jan Palmer Tiseth from Svorkmo
. It ran for election in the county of Sør-Trøndelag
in 1957
, where it achieved 0.1% of the vote. The party received the fewest votes during the election, and hence, was not represented in the Norwegian Parliament. As late as in 1965 the party was still reported to be a registered political party in Norway, but didn't run for any elections since 1957.
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. The party was registered on 17 July 1957, and was headed by Jan Palmer Tiseth from Svorkmo
Svorkmo
Svorkmo is village in the municipality of Orkdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is situated in the Orkdalen valley along the river Orkla about west-southwest of the city of Trondheim. Svorkmo is located about south of Vormstad and about south of Orkanger-Fannrem...
. It ran for election in the county of Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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in 1957
Norwegian parliamentary election, 1957
A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 7 October 1957. The election was a victory for the Labour Party, and Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet could continue. The Labour party again achieved an absolute majority in parliament, together with the highest popular vote in the...
, where it achieved 0.1% of the vote. The party received the fewest votes during the election, and hence, was not represented in the Norwegian Parliament. As late as in 1965 the party was still reported to be a registered political party in Norway, but didn't run for any elections since 1957.