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Labour Wins in Norway, But Populist Right Rises

Norway’s populist Progress Party became the second-largest party in the Storting, a position it has never held before.
Labour Wins in Norway, But Populist Right Rises
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Norway’s parliamentary election on Sept. 8 partly reshaped the country’s political landscape by forming a new, narrow left-wing majority, but also confirmed the rise of a populist right across Europe.

Anders W. Edwardsson
Anders W. Edwardsson
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Anders W. Edwardsson, PhD, is an author, political analyst, and public speaker with more than three decades of experience in journalism, research, and media commentary across Europe and the United States. He is the author of several books on political history and American exceptionalism and currently teaches political science while contributing to think tanks and international publications.