The Innovation and Technology party ( Norwegian: ''Innovasjon- og teknologipartiet, IOT''), former The Pirate Party ( no, Piratpartiet) is a Norwegian political party which was founded in 2012. Its basic principles are " full transparency in

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, privacy on the internet, as well as better use of IT and technology to make a better democracy". On 17 December 2012 they announced that they had collected the 5,000 signatures required by law to register a political party and take part in the next general election. The party is a part of the

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History

Founding

In June 2012 the party issued invitations to a

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to be held in

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on the 16th, with the intention of agreeing on a strategy to obtain the 5,000 signatures required by law to register a political party. By 16 December they had received sufficient signatures and were legally recognised.

Name

The party congress decided 11 March 2023, to change the party`s name to Innovasjon- og teknologipartiet (''The Innovation and Technology party'').

Party Leaders

* Svein Mork Dahl (2019 - ) * Thomas Gramstad (2017 - 2019) * Tale Haukbjørk Østrådal (2015 - 2017) * Øystein Bruås Jakobsen (2013 - 2015) * Geir Aaslid (2012 - 2013)

Parliamentary Election results

References

{{Pirate Party Political parties in Norway

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