Alliance (Norway)

The Alliance – Alternative for Norway (Norwegian: Alliansen – Alternativ for Norge) is a political party in Norway. It was founded on 22 November 2016 and registered in the Party Register by Hans Jørgen Lysglimt Johansen on 5 January 2017.[2][3]

Alliance
LeaderHans Jørgen Lysglimt Johansen
FounderHans Jørgen Lysglimt Johansen
Youth wingAlliansenungdommen
Ideology
Political positionFar-right
Website
stemalliansen.no

History

In 2016 Hans Jørgen Lysglimt Johansen profiled himself as a Donald Trump supporter.[4] A party initiative with the same name was earlier this autumn initiated by Mikkel Dobloug where Christian Tybring-Gjedde was intended as leader.[5][6]

Ideology

The Alliance has formed a largely online far-right network, mostly of teenagers who post memes and internet trolling with racist and antisemitic messages on platforms such as Discord.[7] The party's leader is known for a number of grossly anti-Semitic statements and has friendly contacts with the Nordic Resistance Movement.[8][9] According to Antirasistisk Senter, the party has ties with neo-nazi movements.[8]

According to Lysglimt Johansen, the main issue for the Alliance is to get Norway out of the EEA and Schengen agreements with the EU. The party is also concerned about stopping immigration as well as changes in the democratic system.[10][11][12]

The Alliance has been criticized for repeatedly expressing xenophobia and racist attitudes. A number of prominent politicians from the Progress Party to the Red have therefore publicly distanced themselves from the Alliance.[13][14][15]

Political scientist Hilmar Mjelde describes the Alliance as right-wing populist and radical and a variant of Donald Trump's political style and platform. Lysglimt Johansen distinguished himself during the election campaign in 2016 as a pronounced Trump supporter in Norway. Mjelde describes the party as Lysglimt Johansen's private enterprise and a personalist party in the same way as Mogens Glistrup's party in Denmark, Anders Lange's party in Norway and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia. Lysglimt Johansen has made it clear that the Alliance was based on Trump's political success, and that he is particularly pleased with Trump, seeing him as a masculine role model who stands for change and against fake news.[16]

The Alliance does not have a traditional party program. The party is based on nationalist ideas and slogans such as "Norway first!". Opposition to immigration appears from the party's statements to be essential alongside national sovereignty.[17] Carline Tromp writes that the Alliance's wording is reminiscent of the alt-right.[18]

Election results
Election Votes % Seats +/–
2017 3,311 0.1 #16
0 / 169
 Steady 0
2021 2,489 0.1 #19
0 / 169
 Steady 0

References
  1. "Alliansens Verdiprogram". stemalliansen.no (in Norwegian).
  2. "Nøkkelopplysninger fra Enhetsregisteret - Brønnøysundregistrene". w2.brreg.no. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  3. "Partiregisteret - Brønnøysundregistrene". w2.brreg.no. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  4. VIGGEN, KNUT (2016-11-23). "Nytt parti vil ha Norge ut av EØS". frifagbevegelse.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  5. Støbakk, Torun (2016-11-07). "Norsk mangemillionær og frimurer åpner opp om nytt parti og middagen med Frp-toppene:- Dette er fjæra som ble til ti høns". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  6. NTB, Heidi Schei Lilleås (2016-11-23). "Dobloug: Må gi opp nytt parti". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  7. Skybakmoen, av Harald S. Klungtveit og Jonas (2021-05-06). "FILTER AVSLØRER: Slik kobler Alliansen tenåringer med nynazister i valgkampen". Filter Nyheter (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  8. "Alliansen – alternativ for Norge". Antirasistisk Senter (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  9. Nordgaard, Tor-Bjørn (2018-12-19). "Politiet undersøker Holocaust-fornekting". Norge IDAG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  10. NTB (2016-11-22). "Nytt politisk parti vil ha Norge ut av EØS". www.abcnyheter.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  11. Befring, Åse Marit (2016-11-22). "– Dette er nasjonalisme med et smil". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  12. Krokfjord, Torgeir P. (2017-08-06). "Kritiserer "negre" og jøder og tror partifeller er med i fryktet nazigruppe". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  13. Befring, Åse Marit (2016-11-22). "– Dette er nasjonalisme med et smil". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  14. Krokfjord, Torgeir P. (2017-08-06). "Kritiserer "negre" og jøder og tror partifeller er med i fryktet nazigruppe". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  15. Sæbø, Av Bjørn G. ""Alliansen er uønsket"". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  16. Mjelde, Hilmar (2020). ""The Grand Old Party" i Trumps tid: Det republikanske partiet som personalistisk parti | NST". Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift. 36: 44–51. doi:10.18261/issn.1504-2936-2020-01-04. S2CID 224980524.
  17. Mjelde, Hilmar (December 2020). ""Gjør Norge storslått igjen": Partiet Alliansen og trumpisme som politisk kommunikasjonsstil: NMT: Vol 27, No 4". Norsk Medietidsskrift. 27 (4): 1–17. doi:10.18261/issn.0805-9535-2020-04-04. S2CID 229430302.
  18. Tromp, Carline (14 May 2018). "Trollene som ikke sprakk: Et forsøk på kart og kompass til alt-right: Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift: Vol 35, No 2". Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. 35 (2): 178–189. doi:10.18261/issn.1504-3053-2018-02-07. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
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