The New Future Coalition Party ( no, Samlingspartiet Ny Fremtid, SNF) was a Norwegian political party, which was founded by Member of Parliament

Finn Thoresen Finn Thoresen (21 January 1932 – 30 May 2004) was a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Progress Party. He was a member of the central administration of the Progress Party (then Anders Lange's Party) from 1973 to 1976, and was chairma ...

in 1993. The party was never successful in elections, and merged with the

Christian Conservative Party The Christian Conservative Party ( no, Kristent Konservativt Parti, KKP) was a political party in Norway which was originally formed in 1965 as the Democratic Party of Norway. The party was later also known as the Christian Democrats and the Peace ...

to form the Christian Unity Party in 1998.

History

The party was founded in early 1993 by Member of Parliament

, after he had defected from the Progress Party in late 1992. It put up lists in all counties of Norway in the election of the same year and received around 8,000 votes, far away from parliamentary representation by any county. The Christian Unity Party (''Det Kristne Samlingsparti'') merged into the party in 1994. In the election of 1997, the party was reduced to setting up lists in only two counties. On 26 September 1998, the party merged with the

to form a new party, similarly as the earlier party called the Christian Unity Party (''Kristent Samlingsparti'').

Political profile

The party sought a stronger presence for the

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

cultural foundation in politics.

Party leaders

(1993–1998) *

Ivar Kristianslund Ivar Kristianslund (1 January 1934 – 20 April 2023) was a Norwegian preacher, former professor of statistics, agronomist, farmer and politician. He was active as a Christian fundamentalist preacher in the self-proclaimed "Deanery of Strandebarm, ...

(1998)

References

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