National Democrats (Norway, 1991)
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The National Democrats ( no, Nasjonaldemokratene) was a political party in
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
, which was founded in January 1990. The party was led by Hege Søfteland, who had been excluded from Stop Immigration. The party's main issue was to stop what it called the "mass
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to Norway." It also wanted to stop foreign
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and replace it with a "disaster fund", and was against Norway joining the European Economic Community. By August 1991, the party had 460 registered members. The party contested the 1991 local elections in
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, where it received 655 votes. It was though never registered publicly as a political party. The party worked with both the Norwegian Association and '' Folkebevegelsen mot innvandring''.


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