Conservative Party (Norway)

The Conservative Party of Norway, called Høyre or The Right in Norwegian, is a liberal-conservative political party and the major party of the Norwegian centre-right. It was founded in 1884, after parliamentarism was introduced in Norway, with the jurist Emil Stang as its first chairman, which makes it the second-oldest party in the country after the Liberal Party. It led the Solberg cabinet from 2013 to 2021 and has taken part in several earlier governments, among them those of Lyng, Borten, Willoch, Syse and the second Bondevik cabinet. The party is traditionally pragmatic and moderate, strongly associated with the civil service and business elites, and has supported economic liberalism, NATO membership and Norwegian membership of the European Union, while becoming more socially liberal over time. It belongs to the International Democracy Union and is an associate member of the European People's Party.