The Liberal People's Party (, DLF) was a

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Norwegian political party created in 1992 by some of the members of the old Liberal People's Party. In 2017, during the last national convention the party decided to close down. And encouraged its members to join the Foreningen for Studium av Objektivismen and the Liberalistene.

History

During the 1990s, some of the Progress Party's members considered the party to have become less liberal than it had been in its earlier days. These members of the Progress Party then decided to join the DLF. The DLF then took increasingly more classically liberal viewpoints on most issues, emerging as a promoter of

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and

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capitalism Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their use for the purpose of obtaining profit. This socioeconomic system has developed historically through several stages and is defined by ...

. The party's politics states that the state should only protect individuals' rights through police, courts of law and a military service. The party's parliament election results are as follows: In 1993, the party won 725 votes 0.03% In 1997, the party won 258 votes 0.01% In 2001, the party won 166 votes 0.01% In 2005, the party won 213 votes 0.01% In 2009, the party won 350 votes 0.01% In 2013, the party won 909 votes 0.03% the best results in the party’s history In 2017, the party did not run. This was because the party dissolved at the end of 2017. The party's local election results are as follows: In 1995, the party did not run In 1999, the party did not run In 2003, the party got 113 votes 0.01% In 2007, the party got 127 votes 0.01% In 2011, the party got 247 votes 0.01% all in

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In 2015, the party did not run In 2014, the youth wing Liberalistisk Ungdom (Liberal Youth) seceded from the DLF and joined the Capitalist Party as their youth wing. In 2017, the party congress decided to shut down the party by the end of the year. Followers were recommended to join the Union for the Study of Objectivism and the Capitalist Party.

Objectives

DLF wanted to: * Replace the

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and the

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with a constitutional republic. * Abolish coercive taxes. * Abolish all current restrictions regarding trade between Norway and other nations. Viewing the EU as a social democratic, redistributive and

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organization, they opposed Norwegian membership. * Simplify laws, end bureaucracy, decriminalize

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s, and so forth. * Privatize roads, highways, railroads and other infrastructure, leaving their construction and upkeep to the free market. * Abolish state financing of: special interest groups, business and industry, the agricultural and fishing sectors, the unemployed, and so forth. * Abolish restrictions on immigration, provided that the above is accomplished beforehand. * Abolish

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, instead relying on a fully professional defence force. * Complete the

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Party leaders

* 1992–1995

Tor Ingar Østerud Tor, TOR or ToR may refer to: Places * Toronto, Canada ** Toronto Raptors * Tor, Pallars, a village in Spain * Tor, former name of Sloviansk, Ukraine, a city * Mount Tor, Tasmania, Australia, an extinct volcano * Tor Bay, Devon, England * Tor Ri ...

* 1995–1997 Runar Henriksen * 1997–2001

Trond Johansen Trond Johansen (born 13 May 1924) is a Norwegian intelligence officer. He served with the Norwegian Intelligence Service for nearly fifty years, and was decorated with the Norwegian Defence Cross of Honour. Personal life Johansen was born in Dr ...

* 2001–2003

Arne Lidwin Arne may refer to: Places * Arne, Dorset, England, a village ** Arne RSPB reserve, a nature reserve adjacent to the village * Arné, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France * Arne (Boeotia), an ancient city in Boeotia, Greece * Arne (Thessaly), ...

* 2003–2017

Vegard Martinsen Vegard is a Norwegian given name. It may refer to: Given name *Vegard Aanestad (born 1987), Norwegian footballer *Vegard Arnhoff (born 1977), Norwegian sailor *Vegard Bergan (born 1995), Norwegian footballer *Vegard Braaten (born 1987), Norwegian f ...

References

External links

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Det Liberale Folkepartiet (Liberal People's Party)
official site *
Liberalistisk Ungdom (Liberal Youth)
official site of the youth party {{Authority control Classical liberal parties Liberal parties in Norway Libertarian parties Political parties established in 1992 Political parties disestablished in 2017 1992 establishments in Norway 2017 disestablishments in Norway