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History
DLF was established because of a split in the norwegian liberal party Venstre in 1972. They couldn't agree on Norwegian participation in the European Union. The new party was called "Folkepartiet Nye Venstre". They later had to change name because Venstre protested against this name. The new name became "Det Nye Folkepartiet". The name was later changed to "Det Liberale Folkepartiet". The party's popularity went down in all of the 1980's and in 1988, they decided to officially end the party and encouraged all old members to join Venstre. In 1992 some of the old members decided to recreate DLF.
Politics
Until 1988 DLF was, like Venstre, a socialdemocratic liberal party.
The new DLF, which was created in 1992, was a more liberalistic party. Fremskrittspartiet used to be the liberalistic party in Norway, but in the 1990's it has become less liberalistic and many earlier members of Fremskrittspartiet joined DLF instead. DLF became increasingly more liberalistic, and since 2001 the party has been a promoter of liberalistic principles and laissez-faire capitalism.
DLF is different from the United States Libertarian Party in some fundamental issues, like interventionism. From Libertarian perspectives on interventionism one can read that libertarians are anti-interventionists, while DLF is not against foreign interventionism.
DLF wants to:
- Reduce taxes
- Increase free trade
- Simplify the laws
- Remove beaurocrats
- Remove state financing of businessess
- Remove state fincacing of various groups
- Remove restrictions on immigration
- Remove mandatory military service
- Complete separation of state and church
- Legalize soft drugs
Party leaders
- 2003- Vegard Martinsen
- 2001-03 Arne Lidwin
- 1997-01 Trond Johansen
- 1995-97 Runar Henriksen
- 1992-95 Tor Ingar Østerud
- 1986-88 Alice Ruud
- 1982-86 Øyvind Bjorvatn
- 1980-82 Gerd Søraa
- 1978-80 Ingvar Hjelle
- 1973-78 Magne Lerheim
- 1972-73 Helge Seip
