The Norbotten Party (''Norrbottenspartiet'') was a minor, regional party in
Sweden. The base of the party was in the most northern Swedish province,
Norrbotten County, and in the local and regional parties, the
Kiruna Party
Kirunapartiet () was a local political party in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden. It was founded in 1994 as a splinter group of the local branch of the Social Democrats and was led by Lars Törnman from 1994 until 2010, when Törnman left the party ...
and the
Norrbotten Healthcare Party.
In the
2002 Swedish general elections the Kiruna and NHP parties agreed to attempt parliamentary representation in the Swedish
Riksdag by running as a joint alternative, trying to reach the county's 4% threshold for representation in the national parliament. The party received 0.28% of the vote, and thus didn't get representation in the Riksdag. The party dissolved shortly afterwards.
The party leader was
Lars Törnman
Lars Törnman (born 6 May 1951) is a Swedish mine worker, trade union leader, politician, municipal commissioner, and mayor of Kiruna in 1994–2003 and 2008–2010 (sharing the latter post in 1998–2002 and 2008–2010). Törnman was born in Ki ...
who was at the time co-Mayor (along with the Social Democrat leader) in the local municipality of
Kiruna and leader of the Kiruna Party.
External links
Kirunapartiet
Political parties with year of establishment missing
Defunct political parties in Sweden
{{Political parties in Sweden
sv:Norrbottenspartiet