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{{Short description|Christian-democratic political party in Norway}}
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{{Infobox political party
| country          = Norway
| name             = Christian People's Party
| native_name      = Kristelig Folkeparti
| abbreviation     = KrF
| logo             = Christian Democratic Party Logo.svg
| leader           = [[Olaug Bollestad]]
| foundation       = {{start date|1933|9|4|df=y}}
| membership_year  = 2019
| membership       = {{decrease}} 19,952<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/doblet-medlemstallene-pa-to-ar/72001690 | editor=Dagbladet | editor-link=Dagbladet | title= Doblet medlemstallene på to år| date= 7 January 2020 | access-date= 22 February 2020 | language=no-NB}}</ref>
| ideology         = {{ubl|class=nowrap| <!-- Sources are listed in the introduction, sources are not needed here -->
 |[[Christian democracy]]
 |[[Social conservatism]]}}
| youth_wing       = [[Norwegian Young Christian Democrats|Young Christian Democrats]]
| international    = [[Centrist Democrat International]]
| position         = {{nowrap|[[Centrism|Centre]] to [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]}}
| religion         = [[Protestantism]]
| european         = [[European People's Party]] (observer)
| affiliation1_title = Nordic affiliation
| affiliation1     = [[Centre Group]]
| colours          = {{ubl|{{color box|#EE403A|border=silver}} Red|{{color box|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}|border=silver}} Cream}}
| colorcode        = {{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}
| headquarters     = Øvre Slottsgate 18–20 0154, [[Oslo]]
| website          = {{Official URL}}
| seats1_title     = [[Storting]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|3|169|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[County council (Norway)|County Councils]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/krd/html/valg2011/bf5.html |publisher=[[Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (Norway)|Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development]] |title=Valg 2011: Landsoversikt per parti |language=no |access-date=18 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924171401/http://www.regjeringen.no/krd/html/valg2011/bf5.html |archive-date=24 September 2011 }}</ref>
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|46|728|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[Municipal council (Norway)|Municipal Councils]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/valg2011/valgresultat/parti/parti/krf/|title=Kristeleg Folkeparti|publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|work=Valg 2011|language=no|access-date=18 September 2011}}</ref>
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|359|10781|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Sami Parliament of Norway|Sami Parliament]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|0|39|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
}}

The '''Christian Democratic Party''' ({{lang-nb|Kristelig Folkeparti}}, {{lang-nn|Kristeleg Folkeparti}}, {{lang-se|Risttalaš Álbmotbellodat}}, {{literal translation|Christian People's Party}}, KrF) is a [[Christian democracy|Christian-democratic]]<ref name="Slomp2011">{{cite book|author=Hans Slomp|title=Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LmfAPmwE6YYC&pg=PA425|date=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-39182-8|page=425}}</ref><ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/norway.html|title=Norway|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2017|access-date=13 August 2018|website=Parties and Elections in Europe}}</ref><ref name="Osterud2013">{{cite book|author=Oyvind Osterud|title=Norway in Transition: Transforming a Stable Democracy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pc2MAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA114|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-97037-8|pages=114–}}</ref><ref name="Banchoff">{{cite book|author=T. Banchoff|title=Legitimacy and the European Union|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgvLEFPY8l4C&pg=PA126|access-date=26 August 2012|date=28 June 1999|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-18188-4|pages=126–}}</ref> [[List of political parties in Norway|political party in Norway]] founded in 1933. The party is an observer member of the [[European People's Party]] (EPP).  It currently holds three seats in the Parliament, having won 3.8% of the vote in the [[2021 Norwegian parliamentary election|2021 parliamentary election]]. The current leader of the party is [[Olaug Bollestad]].<ref name="partiklubben">{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/i-dag-gar-ropstad-av-som-krf-leder-1.15664565|language=no|title=Nå har Ropstad gitt fra seg fra seg partiklubben|date=24 September 2020|accessdate=7 November 2021}}</ref>

The Christian Democrats' leader from 1983 to 1995, [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]], was one of the most prominent political figures in modern Norway, serving as [[Prime Minister of Norway|Prime Minister]] from 1997 to 2000 and 2001 to 2005. Under the old leadership of Bondevik and [[Valgerd Svarstad Haugland]], the party was to some extent radicalized and moved towards the left. Due largely to their poor showing in the [[2009 Norwegian parliamentary election|2009 elections]], the party has seen a conflict between its conservative and liberal wings.<ref name=aft150210>{{cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3493759.ece|work=Aftenposten|title=Nestleder vil skrote KrFs Israel-politikk|first=Robert|last=Gjerde|place=Stavanger|date=15 February 2010|access-date=10 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202235036/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3493759.ece|archive-date=2 February 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Until 2019 the leader was [[Knut Arild Hareide]], who led the party into a more liberal direction as part of a "renewal" process,<ref>[http://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/eriksen_-_-vi-er-ein-offensiv-gjeng-1.7613548 "Eriksen: – Vi er ein offensiv gjeng"]. ''NRK''.  30.04.2011. "Den nye leiartrioen skal føre Krf gjennom ei fornyingsfase fram mot stortingsvalet i 2013. Eriksen har leia partiet sitt strategiutval og står bak ei rekkje forslag som vil trekkje KrF i meir liberal retning."</ref><ref>[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/krf/krf-hareide-ja-jeg-har-faatt-meg-kjaereste/a/10084741/ "KrF-Hareide: - Ja, jeg har fått meg kjæreste"]. ''VG''.  26.04.2011.</ref> and introduced [[climate change]] and [[environmentalism]] as the party's most important issues.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dagen.no/Nyheter/krfs-veivalg/Dropper-%C3%A5-g%C3%A5-i-regjering-%E2%80%93-satser-p%C3%A5-milj%C3%B8-544493 |title=Dropper å gå i regjering – satser på miljø |access-date=2018-01-17 |archive-date=2020-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202190039/https://www.dagen.no/Nyheter/krfs-veivalg/Dropper-%C3%A5-g%C3%A5-i-regjering-%E2%80%93-satser-p%C3%A5-milj%C3%B8-544493 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== History ==
The Christian Democratic Party was founded as a reaction to the growing secularism in [[Norway]] in the 1930s. Cultural and spiritual values were proposed as an alternative to political parties focusing on material values. The immediate cause of its foundation was the failure of [[Nils Andresson Lavik|Nils Lavik]], a popular figure in the religious community, to be nominated as a candidate for the [[Venstre (Norway)|Liberal Party]], for the parliamentary elections in 1933. In reaction to this, Kristelig Folkeparti was set up, with Lavik as their top candidate in the county of [[Hordaland]]. He succeeded in being elected to [[Stortinget]], the Norwegian parliament. No other counties were contested. At the next elections, in 1936, the party also ran a common list with the Liberal Party in [[Bergen]], and succeeded in electing two representatives from Hordaland with 20.9% of the local votes.<ref>[http://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_107.pdf NORGES OFFISIELLE STATISTIKK IX. 107.], "Official statistics IX.107 of Norway"</ref> In 1945, at the first elections after the Nazi occupation of Norway, the party was organised on a nationwide basis, and won 8 seats.

The Christian Democrats became part of a short-lived non-socialist coalition government along with the [[Conservative Party of Norway|Conservative Party]], the Liberal Party and the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]] in 1963. At the elections of 1965, these four parties won a majority of seats in Stortinget and ruled in a coalition government from 1965 to 1971.

The Christian Democrats opposed Norwegian membership in the [[European Community]] ahead of the referendum in 1972. The referendum gave a no-vote, and when the pro-EC [[Norwegian Labour Party|Labour]] government resigned, a coalition government was formed among the anti-EC parties, the Christian Democrats, the Liberal Party and the Centre Party. [[Lars Korvald]] became the Christian Democrats' first prime minister for a year, until the elections of 1973 restored the Labour government.

The party's historic membership numbers peaked with 69,000 members in 1980.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/fakta/innsikt/article2852464.ece |title=Lengre mellom partimedlemmene i dag |work=Aftenposten |date=7 January 2009 |first=Lars-Ludvig |last=Røed |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230014048/http://www.aftenposten.no/fakta/innsikt/article2852464.ece |archive-date=2010-12-30 }}</ref>

The 1981 elections left the non-socialists with a majority in parliament, but negotiations for a coalition government failed because of disagreement over the abortion issue.<ref>[http://www.arkivverket.no/arkivverket/aktuelt/nyheter/3416.html National Archival Services of Norway] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009072028/http://arkivverket.no/arkivverket/aktuelt/nyheter/3416.html |date=2007-10-09 }} {{in lang|no}}</ref> However, this issue was later toned down, and from 1983 to 1986 and 1989 to 1990, the Christian Democrats were part of coalitions with the Conservative Party and the Centre Party.

In 1997, the Christian Democrats received 13.7% of the votes, and got 25 seats in the Storting. [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] served as prime minister between 1997 and 2000, in coalition with the Liberal Party and the Centre Party, and then between 2001 and 2005 with the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party.

In the 2005 election, the Christian Democrats received only 6.8%, and the party became part of the opposition in the Storting. In 2013, the Conservative Party and the Progress Party formed a new government based on a political agreement with the Christian Democrats and the Liberal party with [[confidence and supply]]. In the 2017 election, the party got only 4.2% and did not sign a new agreement, but got a politically strategic position as the conservative minority government mainly depended on their votes to get a majority.

In late 2018, the Christian Democrats were split over the question of a potential government participation and the future direction of the party. At a party meeting in early November 2018, the delegates were asked whether to stay in opposition or to join either a "red" or a "blue" government coalition with party leader [[Knut Arild Hareide]] favouring a centre-left government with [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour]] and [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre]] parties, and deputy leaders [[Olaug Bollestad]] and [[Kjell Ingolf Ropstad]] wanting to join the existing right-leaning [[Solberg's Cabinet|cabinet of Erna Solberg]]. The delegates decided with a narrow majority of eight votes to join the existing [[Solberg's Cabinet]] with [[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservatives]], [[Venstre (Norway)|Liberals]] and the [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/8wMdk1/drama-paa-krf-landsmoetet-hareide-tapte-og-erna-solberg-faar-fortsette-som-statsminister|title = Drama på KRF-landsmøtet: Hareide tapte og Erna Solberg får fortsette som statsminister| date=2 November 2018 }}</ref> In January 2019, after successful negotiations with the coalition parties the Christian Democrats eventually joined the government and Hareide resigned as party leader.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dn.no/politikk/kristelig-folkeparti/knut-arild-hareide/kjell-ingolf-ropstad/knut-arild-hareide-gar-av-som-krf-leder/2-1-522112|title=Knut Arild Hareide går av som KRF-leder|date=17 January 2019}}</ref> In April 2019, 33-year-old [[Royal Ministry of Children and Family Affairs|Minister of Children and Family]] [[Kjell Ingolf Ropstad]] was elected new party leader.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dn.no/politikk/kjell-ingolf-ropstad/kristelig-folkeparti/olaug-bollestad/kjell-ingolf-ropstad-valgt-som-ny-leder-i-krf/2-1-594024|title=Kjell Ingolf Ropstad valgt som ny leder i KRF|date=27 April 2019}}</ref>

The Christian Democrats failed to pass the 4% [[election threshold]] for [[leveling seat]]s in the 2021 election and won only three seats in parliament.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/krf-under-sperregrensen_-_-vi-vil-kjempe-i-opposisjon-1.15648854|title=KrF under sperregrensen: – Vi vil kjempe i opposisjon|language=no|work=NRK|date=13 September 2021|accessdate=7 November 2021}}</ref> The party leader Ropstad, facing controversy over his use of a parliamentary commuter home, resigned from the cabinet and as party leader on 24 September and Olaug Bollestad assumed leadership of the party.<ref name="partiklubben"/>

== Ideology ==
The Christian Democratic Party has been described as [[Centrism|centrist]]<ref name="Allern">{{cite book|author=Allern, Elin Haugsgjerd|year=2010|title=Political Parties and Interest Groups in Norway|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SZdHAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA183|pages=183–186|publisher=ECPR Press|isbn=9780955820366}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sentrum – politikk|url=http://snl.no/sentrum/politikk|work=[[Store norske leksikon]]|date=10 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|first1=Steven|last1=Van Hecke|first2=Emmanuel|last2=Gerard|title=Christian Democratic Parties in Europe Since the End of the Cold War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJ6x8zmRAaEC&pg=PA231|year=2004|publisher=Leuven University Press|page=231|isbn=9789058673770}}</ref> and [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]].<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129004821/http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round8/survey/ESS8_appendix_a3_e01_0.pdf|url=https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round8/survey/ESS8_appendix_a3_e02_1.pdf|work=European Social Survey|title=Appendix A3: Political Parties|url-status=live|archive-date=29 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://europeelects.eu/norway/ |title= Norway |website= Europe Elects |access-date= 30 July 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://www.thelocal.no/20170829/election-2017-whos-who-in-norwegian-politics Election 2017: Who's who in Norwegian politics?] The Local (Norway edition). Author - Michael Barrett. Published 29 August 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2019.</ref> The party holds European Christian democratic positions, including [[family values]]. While founded on the basis of advocating moral-cultural Christian issues, the party has broadened its political profile over time, although Christian values remain its core distinction. It is considered an overall centrist party, combining socially conservative views with more left-leaning economic positions.<ref name="Allern"/>

===Religion===
As a party centred on Christian values, the party draws support from the Christian population. Their policies that support Christian values and oppose same-sex marriage appeal to the more conservative, religious base.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/politikk/valg09/-hoybraten-tjener-pa-homomotstand-2884710.html|title=- Høybråten tjener på homo-motstand|last=Fondenes|first=Eivind|date=September 1, 2009|publisher=TV2 nyhetene|access-date=2009-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211082719/http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/politikk/valg09/-hoybraten-tjener-pa-homomotstand-2884710.html|archive-date=December 11, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Geographically, the Christian Democrats enjoy their strongest support in the so-called [[Bible Belt (Norway)|Bible Belt]], especially [[Sørlandet|Southern Norway]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} In the 2005 elections, their best results were in [[Vest-Agder]] with 18.9% of the vote, compared to a national average of 6.8%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/01/10/stortingsvalg/tab-2005-10-27-10.html|title=Stortingsvalet 2005. Godkjende røyster, etter parti/valliste og kommune. Prosent|year=2005|publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå|language=no|access-date=2009-09-02}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

Since the party was established, a declaration of Christian faith had been required for a person to be a representative in the party. Membership had no such requirement. The increase of support for the party from other religious groups, such as Muslims,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/migrapolis/1.6731201|title=Tror på Allah, stemmesanker for KrF|last=Archer|first=Else Karine|date=August 14, 2009|publisher=NRK|language=no|access-date=2009-09-02}}</ref> stimulated efforts to abolish this rule.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/politikk/hoybraten-onsker-seg-muslimer-2710710.html |title=Høybråten ønsker seg muslimer |last=Sporstøl |first=Ellen |date=May 2, 2009 |publisher=TV2 nyhetene |language=no |access-date=2009-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317170601/http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/politikk/hoybraten-onsker-seg-muslimer-2710710.html |archive-date=March 17, 2014 }}</ref> At the 2013 convention the rule was modified. The new rules require that representatives work for Christian values but do not require them to declare a Christian faith.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=10102877|title=Nå har KrF droppet kristenkravet|last=Grøttum|first=Eva-Therese|author2=Johnsen, Nilas|work=Dagbladet|language=no|access-date=26 April 2013|location=26 April 2013}}</ref> This latter point was considered the "last drop" for some conservative elements of the party, who as a result broke away and founded [[The Christians (Norway)|The Christians Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://snl.no/De_Kristne|title=Partiet de Kristne|date=9 April 2020}}</ref> It has been claimed that KrF have lost votes to the Christians.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sæle|first1=Finn Jarle|title=Hvorfor kristenfolket vinner - om de taper KrF (Why Christian people win - if they lose the Christian Democratic Party)|url=http://www.idag.no/ledere-oppslag.php3?ID=18045|website=idag.no|publisher=IDAG|access-date=15 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105165046/http://www.idag.no/ledere-oppslag.php3?ID=18045|archive-date=5 January 2016}}</ref>

===Social values===
The Christian Democratic Party is generally [[Social conservatism|socially conservative]].<ref name="ciac">{{cite news|url=http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/norway/parties.html|title=Norway - Political parties|publisher=[[Norwegian Social Science Data Services]]|access-date=27 January 2010|archive-date=5 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105133345/http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/norway/parties.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The party opposes [[euthanasia]] and [[abortion]], except in cases of [[rape]] or when the [[Maternal death|mother's life is at risk]]. The party supports accessibility to contraception as a way of lowering abortion rates.<ref>[http://www.krf.no/ikbViewer/page/krf/artikkel/hva-mener-krf?p_document_id=3595 KrF on life protection and abortion] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226063623/http://www.krf.no/ikbViewer/page/krf/artikkel/hva-mener-krf?p_document_id=3595 |date=2009-02-26 }} (KrF.no) {{in lang|no}}</ref> 

KrF wishes to ban research on human foetuses and has expressed scepticism of proposals to liberalise biotechnology laws in Norway.<ref>[http://www.krf.no/ikbViewer/page/krf/artikkel/hva-mener-krf?p_document_id=3572 KrF on bio- and genetic technology] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225194640/http://www.krf.no/ikbViewer/page/krf/artikkel/hva-mener-krf?p_document_id=3572 |date=2009-02-25 }} (KrF.no) {{in lang|no}}</ref> Bondevik's second government made the biotechnology laws of Norway among the strictest in the world, with support from the [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]] and the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]], but a 2004 case involving a child with [[thalassemia]] brought the laws under fire.<ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article928888.ece Mehmet gets stem-cell dispensation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921193153/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article928888.ece |date=2008-09-21 }} Aftenposten, December 10, 2004</ref><ref>[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/meninger/artikkel.php?artid=107055 Stillheten etter Mehmet] (The quiet after Mehmet) VG, September 1, 2005</ref>

====LGBT rights====
On [[LGBT]] issues, the party supports permitting same-sex couples to live together but opposes same-sex marriage and adoption rights. The party has criticized the Polish government's policy towards LGBT people, and supported the Norwegian government's decision to withdraw financial support to Polish municipalities that have declared themselves as [[LGBT-free zone]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Norge struper pengehjelp til "LHBT-frie soner" i Polen|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/politikk/i/mB6Ep1/norge-struper-pengehjelp-til-lhbt-frie-soner-i-polen|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.aftenposten.no|date=23 September 2020 |language=nb}}</ref> The party's leader at the time, [[Kjell Ingolf Ropstad]], stated: "To not be discriminated against because of one's sexual orientation is a fundamental human right. Therefore, it is important that the government now is clear about the terms of receiving financial support through the EEA funds. We want to support a policy that protects diversity and freedom." The party maintains neutrality on the issue of gay clergy, calling that an issue for the Church.<ref>[http://www.krf.no/ikbViewer/page/krf/artikkel/hva-mener-krf?p_document_id=3585 KrF on gay rights] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225194538/http://www.krf.no/ikbViewer/page/krf/artikkel/hva-mener-krf?p_document_id=3585 |date=2009-02-25 }} (KrF.no) {{in lang|no}}</ref>

=== Foreign policy===
In [[foreign policy]], the party marks itself as a supporter of [[NATO]] and the [[European Economic Area]] (EEA) but they oppose Norwegian membership in the [[European Union]] (EU). The party supports Norway's signature and ratification of the UN [[Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bondevik med flammende innlegg. Nå går også KrF imot regjeringens standpunkt.|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/politikk/i/PR8kVz/bondevik-talte-partiledelsen-midt-imot-krf-ber-norge-signere-forbud-m|access-date=2021-07-31|website=www.aftenposten.no|date=30 April 2021 |language=nb}}</ref> and want stricter rules for Norwegian arms sales abroad.{{Ciation needed|date=August 2022}}

====Development aid====
Since the turn of the millennium, the Christian Democratic Party has had a major influence on [[development aid]] policy in Norway. The first [[Minister of International Development (Norway)|Minister of International Development]] was [[Reidun Brusletten]] (KrF) in 1983. [[Hilde Frafjord Johnson]] held the position from 1997 to 2000 and again from 2001 to 2005, during [[Bondevik's First Cabinet|Bondevik's First]] and [[Bondevik's Second Cabinet|Second Cabinet]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

[[Dag Inge Ulstein]], the third Christian Democrat to hold the position, addressed the need to take care of vulnerable minorities in foreign policy and by the use of [[humanitarian aid]]. He described these group as: women, children, [[Disability|people with disabilities]] and [[Sexual minority|sexual]] and [[religious minorities]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Skjeseth|first=Av Heidi Taksdal|title=KrF-statsråd vil gå først i homokampen|url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/2019/02/16/krf-statsrad-vil-ga-forst-i-homokampen/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Dagsavisen|date=16 February 2019 |language=no}}</ref>

The Christian Democratic Party is a strong supporter of increased development aid and more cooperation with [[developing countries]]. They want 1 percent of the GNI to be spent on [[development aid]], and a larger share of the sum to be spent on [[poverty reduction]] and [[climate change adaptation]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

====COVID-19====
Ulstein has played a prominent role in the global handling of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with a focus on fair distribution of vaccines to [[Least developed countries|poor and middle income countries]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Norge takket nei til nesten 700.000 vaksinedoser|url=https://www.vg.no/i/Al0lPE|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.vg.no|date=19 March 2021 |language=nb}}</ref> As Minister of International Development, he has been the governments spokesperson regarding Norway's contribution in the global fight against COVID-19, which involves the contribution of 2.2 billion [[Norwegian krone]]r to vaccine development through [[Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations|CEPI]], in March 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Erna Solberg: - Gir 2,2 milliarder til vaksine|url=https://www.vg.no/i/K3A8pM|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.vg.no|date=26 March 2020 |language=nb}}</ref> and Norway's entry in the global vaccine cooperation [[COVAX]] in August 2020, as one of the first European countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Norge med i internasjonalt samarbeid – sikrer tilgang til flere coronavaksiner|url=https://www.vg.no/i/EWd9LG|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.vg.no|date=31 August 2020 |language=nb}}</ref>

In March 2021, it became clear that the Norwegian government had donated 700,000 vaccine doses to low income countries in February the previous year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Speed|first=Av Jan|title=Norge har gitt bort 700000 vaksinedoser til fattige land|url=https://bistandsaktuelt.no/nyheter/2021/norge-har-gitt-bort-700000-vaksinedoser-til-fattige-land/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=NoradDev|date=12 March 2021|language=no}}</ref> This created big reactions from other parties, who thought Norway instead should have given the doses to the Norwegian population. The Christian Democratic Party received a lot of criticism,  from among others, the leaders of the [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]] and the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]], [[Sylvi Listhaug]] and [[Trygve Slagsvold Vedum]], respectively. Party leader, [[Kjell Ingolf Ropstad]], condemned the criticism and stated: "The last thing the world needs now is more egoism and competition between countries. Instead we need to help each other. We will not succeed in the fight against COVID-19 if we only say "Norway first".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Venstre og KrF slår hardt tilbake etter Vedums vaksinekrav: – Usolidarisk|url=https://www.vg.no/i/865WKd|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.vg.no|date=6 January 2021 |language=nb}}</ref>

=== Immigration and refugees ===
On questions surrounding [[immigration]], integration and [[refugee]] policy, the party has a liberal stance. The Christian Democratic Party wants to base Norway's intake of refugees on the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|UN High Commissioner for Refugees]]' recommendations. In 2021, they announced that they want Norway to take in 5,000 refugees annually, plus 500 extra from the [[Moria refugee camp]] on [[Lesbos]], [[Greece]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=NTB|date=2021-04-30|title=KrF vil ta imot 5.000 kvoteflyktninger og 500 fra Moria-leiren|url=https://www.nettavisen.no/12-95-3424121777|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Nettavisen|language=no}}</ref>

They have also criticized what they believe is an unfair distribution of refugees fleeing the [[Syrian civil war]] due to the fact that Syria's neighbouring countries ([[Turkey]], [[Jordan]] and [[Lebanon]]) have received a higher number of refugees than many European countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=These 10 countries receive the most refugees|url=https://www.nrc.no/perspectives/2020/the-10-countries-that-receive-the-most-refugees/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=NRC}}</ref> Therefore, they want Norway, and [[western Europe]]an countries at large, to retrieve a larger amount of refugees from Syria.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Flyktninger|url=https://krf.no/politikk/innvandring-og-integrering/flyktninger/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Kristelig Folkeparti|language=nb-NO}}</ref>

=== Climate change ===
The Christian Democratic Party describes [[climate change]] and [[global warming]] as one of humanity's greatest challenges. They base their [[Politics of climate change|climate policy]] on climate research and the [[Sustainable Development Goals|UN's sustainability goals]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

The Christian Democratic Party support international climate goals and climate agreements, like the [[Paris Agreement|Paris agreement]]. They want to cut Norwegian emissions of carbon by at least 55% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, and they aim for a climate-neutral Norway by 2050.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-08|title=Et historisk taktskifte i norsk klimapolitikk|url=https://krf.no/nyheter/et-historisk-taktskifte-i-norsk-klimapolitikk/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Kristelig Folkeparti|language=nb-NO}}</ref> They have addressed the need for restructuring in the [[Energy in Norway|Norwegian petroleum industry]] and want to end oil and gas exploration in new areas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=KrF sa nei til oljeleting i nye områder|url=https://e24.no/i/PR8W70|access-date=2021-08-01|website=e24.no|date=May 2021 |language=nb}}</ref>

Protection of the vulnerable areas of [[Lofoten]], [[Vesterålen]] and [[Senja]] from oil drilling, has been an important matter for the Christian Democratic Party. After the [[2017 Norwegian parliamentary election]], [[Knut Arild Hareide]], party leader at the time, announced that the Christian Democratic Party would withdraw their support of [[Solberg's Cabinet]] if they opened the areas for oil drilling.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Solås|first=Torun Støbakk, Anne Marte Blindheim, Steinar Suvatne|date=2017-09-12|title=Truer med å felle Erna hvis hun rører disse fem sakene|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/truer-med-a-felle-erna-hvis-hun-rorer-disse-fem-sakene/68688204|access-date=2021-08-01|website=dagbladet.no|language=no}}</ref> When the Christian Democratic Party became part of Solberg's coalition government in January 2019, it was decided that the areas were to be protected until the next election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stemmedrama i KrF: Inn i regjering med to knappe stemmers overvekt|url=https://www.vg.no/i/Eo8Ex2|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.vg.no|date=17 January 2019 |language=nb}}</ref>

At the national congress in 2021, the party proposed the creation of a Norwegian climate fund.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rønning|first=Av Jan Speed og Asle Olav|title=KrF ønsker milliardfond for å stanse kullkraft – og mindre til tropisk regnskog|url=https://bistandsaktuelt.no/nyheter/2021/krf-onsker-milliardfond-for-a-stanse-kullkraft/|access-date=2021-07-31|website=NoradDev|date=30 April 2021|language=no}}</ref> The goal of the fund was to outcompete the use of coal power, by investing in [[renewable energy]] in developing countries. The Christian Democrats got the proposal through in the [[Storting]], and a few months later the government decided to establish a climate fund consisting of 1.15 billion dollars. Experts estimated that the fund could result in more than 10 billion dollars in private investment in renewable energy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Regjeringen vil spytte inn 10 milliarder i nytt grønt fond|url=https://e24.no/i/0Kwv8A|access-date=2021-07-31|website=e24.no|date=7 July 2021 |language=nb}}</ref> The deputy leader of the Norwegian environmental organisation [[Zero Emission Resource Organisation|ZERO]], Dagfrid Froberg, described the fund as: "Maybe the most important Norwegian measurement in order to fight climate change."<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Northug|first1=Av Cathrine|last2=Journalist|title=Regjeringen setter 10 milliarder i nytt klimafond: – Milepæl i norsk bistandshistorie|url=https://www.vl.no/nyheter/2021/07/07/regjeringen-setter-10-milliarder-i-nytt-klimafond-milepael-i-norsk-bistandshistorie/|access-date=2021-07-31|website=Vårt Land|date=7 July 2021 |language=no}}</ref>

The Christian Democratic Party wants increased funding of public transport projects outside Oslo, like the [[Bergen Light Rail]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Otterlei|first=Simen Sundfjord|date=2016-11-19|title=Hareide vil kjempe for mer penger til Bybanen|url=https://www.nrk.no/vestland/hareide-vil-kjempe-for-mer-penger-til-bybanen-1.13235940|access-date=2021-08-01|website=NRK|language=nb-NO}}</ref> They want to accomplish this by making the government finance a larger share of the cost of developing local public transport systems, in order to make public transport more accessible and efficient, especially for people with disabilities.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

== List of party leaders ==
[[File:Christian voting booth 2007.JPG|thumb|290px|Campaign booth on [[Karl Johans gate]] ahead of the [[2007 Norwegian local elections]].]]
*Ingebrigt Bjørø (1933–38)
*[[Nils Andresson Lavik|Nils Lavik]] (1938–51)
*[[Erling Wikborg]] (1951–55)
*[[Einar Hareide (politician)|Einar Hareide]] (1955–67)
*[[Lars Korvald]] (1967–75)
*[[Kåre Kristiansen]] (1975–77)
*[[Lars Korvald]] (1977–79)
*[[Kåre Kristiansen]] (1979–83)
*[[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] (1983–95)
*[[Valgerd Svarstad Haugland]] (1995–2004)
*[[Dagfinn Høybråten]] (2004–11)
*[[Knut Arild Hareide]] (2011–19)
*[[Kjell Ingolf Ropstad]] (2019–21)
*[[Olaug Bollestad]] (2021–)

==Notable people==
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*[[Harald Sødal]] (born 1938), Norwegian politician

==Electoral results==
[[File:Kristelig Folkeparti Stortingsvalg 2017.svg|right|thumb|250px|Support for KrF in the municipalities of Norway at the Norwegian parliamentary elections of 2017.]]
{| class=wikitable style="float:left; margin:0 10px;"
|+ [[Storting]]<!--- this is correct wikilink ---> 
! rowspan="2"| Date
! colspan="3"| Votes
! colspan="2"| Seats
! rowspan="2"| Position
! rowspan="2"| Size
|-
! #
! %
! ± pp
! #
! ±
|-
! [[1933 Norwegian parliamentary election|1933]]
| 10,272
| 0.8
| ''New''
| {{Composition bar|1|150|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| ''New''
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| align="center"| 7th
|-
! [[1936 Norwegian parliamentary election|1936]]
| 19,612
| 1.3
| {{increase}} 0.5
| {{Composition bar|2|150|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{increase}} 5th
|-
! [[1945 Norwegian parliamentary election|1945]]
| 117,813
| 7.9
| {{increase}} 6.6
| {{Composition bar|8|150|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 6
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{decrease}} 6th
|-
! [[1949 Norwegian parliamentary election|1949]]
| 147,068
| 8.4
| {{increase}} 0.5
| {{Composition bar|9|150|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{increase}} 5th
|-
! [[1953 Norwegian parliamentary election|1953]]
| 186,627
| 10.5
| {{increase}} 2.1
| {{Composition bar|14|150|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 5
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{increase}} 4th
|-
! [[1957 Norwegian parliamentary election|1957]]
| 183,243
| 10.2
| {{decrease}} 0.3
| {{Composition bar|12|150|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{decrease}} 5th
|-
! [[1961 Norwegian parliamentary election|1961]]
| ''171,451''
| 9.6{{efn|name="joint_lists"|The Christian Democratic Party ran on joint lists with other parties in a few constituencies from 1961 to 1981. Vote numbers are from independent Christian Democratic lists only, while vote percentage also includes the Christian Democratic Party's estimated share from joint lists ([[Statistics Norway]] estimates).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/tabeller/25-3.html|title = Tabell 25.3 Stortingsvalg. Godkjente stemmer etter parti1. Prosent}}</ref>}}
| {{decrease}} 0.6
| {{Composition bar|15|150|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 3
| {{no2|Opposition}}{{efn|In government coalition from 28 August 1963 to 25 September 1963, see [[Lyng's Cabinet]].}}
| {{increase}} 4th
|-
! [[1965 Norwegian parliamentary election|1965]]
| ''160,331''
| 8.1{{efn|name="joint_lists"}}
| {{decrease}} 1.5
| {{Composition bar|13|150|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(KrF–[[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]–[[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]–[[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])}}
| {{decrease}} 5th
|-
! rowspan="3" | [[1969 Norwegian parliamentary election|1969]]
| rowspan="3" | ''169,303''
| rowspan="3" | 9.4{{efn|name="joint_lists"}}
| rowspan="3" | {{increase}} 1.3
| rowspan="3" | {{Composition bar|14|150|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan="3" | {{increase}} 1
| {{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(1969–1971, KrF–V–H–Sp)}}
| rowspan="3" | {{increase}} 4th
|-
| {{no2|Opposition}} (1971–1972)
|-
| {{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(1972–1973, KrF–V–Sp)}}
|-
! [[1973 Norwegian parliamentary election|1973]]
| ''255,456''
| 12.3{{efn|name="joint_lists"}}
| {{increase}} 2.9
| {{Composition bar|20|155|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 6
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{steady}} 4th
|-
! [[1977 Norwegian parliamentary election|1977]]
| ''224,355''
| 12.4{{efn|name="joint_lists"}}
| {{increase}} 0.1
| {{Composition bar|22|155|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{increase}} 3rd
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[1981 Norwegian parliamentary election|1981]]
| rowspan="2" | ''219,179''
| rowspan="2" | 9.4{{efn|name="joint_lists"}}
| rowspan="2" | {{decrease}} 3.0
| rowspan="2" | {{Composition bar|15|155|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan="2" | {{decrease}} 7
| {{no2|Opposition}} (1981–1983)
| rowspan="2" | {{steady}} 3rd
|-
| {{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(from 1983, H–KrF–Sp)}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[1985 Norwegian parliamentary election|1985]]
| rowspan="2" | 214,969
| rowspan="2" | 8.3
| rowspan="2" | {{decrease}} 1.1
| rowspan="2" | {{Composition bar|16|157|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan="2" | {{increase}} 1
| {{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(1985–1986, H–KrF–Sp)}}
| rowspan="2" | {{steady}} 3rd
|-
| {{no2|Opposition}} (from 1986)
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[1989 Norwegian parliamentary election|1989]]
| rowspan="2" | 224,852
| rowspan="2" | 8.5
| rowspan="2" | {{increase}} 0.2
| rowspan="2" | {{Composition bar|14|165|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan="2" | {{decrease}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(1989–1990, H–KrF–Sp)}}
| rowspan="2" |  {{decrease}} 5th
|-
| {{no2|Opposition}} (from 1990) 
|-
! [[1993 Norwegian parliamentary election|1993]]
| 193,885
| 7.9
| {{increase}} 0.6
| {{Composition bar|13|165|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{steady}} 5th
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[1997 Norwegian parliamentary election|1997]]
| rowspan="2" | 353,082
| rowspan="2" | 13.7
| rowspan="2" | {{increase}} 5.8
| rowspan="2" | {{Composition bar|25|165|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan="2" | {{increase}} 12
| {{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(1997–2000, KrF–Sp–V)}}
| rowspan="2" | {{increase}} 3rd
|-
| {{no2|Opposition}} (from 2000)
|-
! [[2001 Norwegian parliamentary election|2001]]
| 312,839
| 12.4
| {{decrease}} 1.3
| {{Composition bar|22|165|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 3
| {{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(2001–2005, H–KrF–V)}}
| {{decrease}} 5th
|-
! [[2005 Norwegian parliamentary election|2005]]
| 178,885
| 6.8
| {{decrease}} 5.6
| {{Composition bar|11|169|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 11
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{steady}} 5th
|-
! [[2009 Norwegian parliamentary election|2009]]
| 148,748
| 5.5
| {{decrease}} 1.3
| {{Composition bar|10|169|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{decrease}} 6th 
|-
! [[2013 Norwegian parliamentary election|2013]]
| 158,475
| 5.6
| {{increase}} 0.1
| {{Composition bar|10|169|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{partial2|External support}}
| {{increase}} 4th
|-
! rowspan="3" | [[2017 Norwegian parliamentary election|2017]]
| rowspan="3" | 122,688
| rowspan="3" | 4.2
| rowspan="3" | {{decrease}} 1.4
| rowspan="3" | {{Composition bar|8|169|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan="3" | {{decrease}} 2
| {{partial2|External support}} (2017–2019)
| rowspan="3" | {{decrease}} 7th
|- 
| {{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(2019–2020, V–H–[[Progress Party (Norway)|FrP]]–KrF)}}
|-
| {{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(from 2020, V–H–KrF)}}
|-
![[2021 Norwegian parliamentary election|2021]]
| 113,344
| 3.8
| {{decrease}} 0.4
| {{composition bar|3|169|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 5
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{decrease}} 9th
|}

{{clear-left}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |first=John T.S. |last=Madeley |title=Life at the Northern Margin: Christian Democracy in Scandinavia |editor1=Steven Van Hecke |editor2=Emmanuel Gerard |work=Christian Democratic Parties in Europe Since the End of the Cold War |publisher=Leuven University Press |year=2004 |isbn=90-5867-377-4 |pages=217–241}}

== Notes ==
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==References==
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== External links ==
*{{in lang|no}} [http://www.krf.no/ Official web site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080106130300/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg/val_2007/resultat/?type=parti&id=v#valresultat Election results for the Christian Democratic Party in the 2007 local elections]

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