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== History ==

== History ==

=== Anders Lange's Party ===

=== Anders Lange's Party ===

The Progress Party was founded as ''Anders Lange's Party For Heavy Reduction Of Governmental Power And Taxations'', more common ''Anders Lange's Party'' (ALP), in 1973 by [[Anders Lange]]. The party was a protest party, but gained support from a political stance that wasn't already fully covered by [[The Conservative Party (Norway)|The Conservative Party]]. The party fell under criticism of supporting [[Front National de Liberté]] (FNL) in [[Vietnam]], and the [[apartheid]] regime in [[South Africa]]. Anders Lange's Party came into the [[Stortinget|Storting]] already in 1973 (with 4 mandates), giving the etablished parties a real shock.  

The Progress Party was founded as ''Anders Lange's Party For Heavy Reduction Of Governmental Power And Taxations'', more common ''Anders Lange's Party'' (ALP), in 1973 by [[Anders Lange]]. The party was a protest party, but gained support from a political stance that wasn't already fully covered by [[The Conservative Party (Norway)|The Conservative Party]]. The party fell under criticism of supporting [[Front National de Liberté]] (FNL) in [[Vietnam]], and the [[apartheid]] regime in [[South Africa]]. Anders Lange's Party came into the [[Stortinget|Storting]] already in 1973 (with 4 mandates), giving the established parties a real shock.  

=== Carl I. Hagen's leadership ===

=== Carl I. Hagen's leadership ===

After Lange's death in 1974, the party changed its name to ''the Progress Party'', and the party had various chairman until 1978, when [[Carl I. Hagen]] was elected. During Hagen's leadership, the Progress Party raised from 4,5 percent of the votes in 1981, to 22 percent in 2005. The largest "jump" was in 1989, giving the party 20 more seats than in the election in 1985. Though, the party dropped down to 6 percent of the votes already in 1993. Since then, the growth has been stabile.

After Lange's death in 1974, the party changed its name to ''the Progress Party'', and the party had various chairman until 1978, when [[Carl I. Hagen]] was elected. During Hagen's leadership, the Progress Party raised from 4,5 percent of the votes in 1981, to 22 percent in 2005. The largest "jump" was in 1989, giving the party 20 more seats than in the election in 1985. Though, the party dropped down to 6 percent of the votes already in 1993. Since then, the growth has been stable.

==== Vote of no confidence against Willoch's government ====

==== Vote of no confidence against Willoch's government ====

== Criticism ==

== Criticism ==

*''Populism.'' The party has since its founding been attacked for being populistic, which can explain the party's varying results in elections. Various politicians and scientists within political studies have agreed on this. Such criticism have, however, been most common from [[Martin Kolberg]] ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour]]) and [[Erik Solheim]] ([[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left]]), but also [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] ([[Christian Democratic Party|Christian Democrat]]), Prime Minister 1997–2000 and 2001–2005.

*''Populism.'' The party has since its founding been attacked for being populist, which can explain the party's varying results in elections. Various politicians and scientists within political studies have agreed on this. Such criticism have, however, been most common from [[Martin Kolberg]] ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour]]) and [[Erik Solheim]] ([[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left]]), but also [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] ([[Christian Democratic Party|Christian Democrat]]), Prime Minister 1997–2000 and 2001–2005.

== See also ==

== See also ==