Centre Party (Norway)

{{Short description|Centrist and agrarian political party in Norway}} {{Distinguish|Partiet Sentrum}} {{Infobox political party | name = Centre Party | native_name = Senterpartiet | native_name_lang = no | abbreviation = Sp | logo = Logo of the Centre Party (Norway).svg{{!}}class=skin-invert | logo_size = 150 | colorcode = {{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}} | leader = Trygve Slagsvold Vedum | leader1_title = Parliamentary leader | leader1_name = Trygve Slagsvold Vedum | foundation = {{start date and age|1920|05|19|df=yes}} | headquarters = Akersgata 35, Oslo | youth_wing = Centre Youth | membership_year = 2024 | membership = {{decrease}} 15,783<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lavik |first1=Maria |date=2025-02-10 |title=(+) Senterpartiet har blødd medlemmer: Oppsving etter regjerings-exit |url=https://www.vl.no/nyheter/senterpartiet-blor-medlemmar-men-oppsving-etter-regjeringsexit/9568439 |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=www.vl.no |language=nb-NO}}</ref> | ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|  |Agrarianism (Nordic) |Economic nationalism}} Euroscepticism | position = Centre | affiliation1_title = Nordic affiliation | affiliation1 = Centre Group | colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}|border=silver}} Green | slogan = ''Nær folk''<br />('Close to people') | seats1_title = Storting | seats1 = {{composition bar|9|169|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | seats2_title = County Councils | seats2 = {{composition bar|106|574|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | seats3_title = County Mayors | seats3 = {{composition bar|2|15|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | seats4_title = Municipal Councils<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/valgnatt/2019/valg/ko|publisher=Directorate of Elections|title=Valgresultat 2019|language=no|access-date=11 September 2020}}</ref> | seats4 = {{composition bar|1274|9344|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | seats5_title = Municipal Mayors | seats5 = {{composition bar|86|357|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | seats6_title = Sami Parliament | seats6 = {{composition bar|0|39|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | website = {{URL|senterpartiet.no}} | country = Norway }}

The '''Centre Party''' ({{langx|no|Senterpartiet}}, '''Sp'''; {{langx|se|Guovddášbellodat}}), formerly the '''Farmer's Party'''{{refn|name="FarmersParty"|Although ''Bondepartiet'' is sometimes translated as the Agrarian Party, sources such as the Centre Party itself<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senterpartiet.no/article53888.html|title=History of the Centre Party|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614120253/http://www.senterpartiet.no/article53888.html|publisher=Senterpartiet|archive-date=14 June 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=12 November 2009}}</ref> and Statistics Norway<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssb.no/histstat/tabeller/25-25-3t.txt|title=Administrative inndelinger og valg|trans-title=Administrative divisions and elections|publisher=Statistics Norway|language=no|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> use the term ''Farmers' Party''.|group=nb}} ({{langx|no|Bondepartiet}}, '''Bp'''), is an agrarian political party in Norway.<ref>{{bulleted list|{{cite book|author1=Svante Ersson|author2=Jan-Erik Lane|title=Politics and Society in Western Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qw62oX96310C&pg=PA108|access-date=17 August 2012|year=1998|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-0-7619-5862-8|page=108}}|{{cite book|author=Christina Bergqvist|chapter=Appendix II|title=Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8bfrJvsfJ8C&pg=PA320|year=1999|publisher=Nordic Council of Ministers|isbn=978-82-00-12799-4|page=320}}|{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/norway.html|title=Norway|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|date=2017|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|access-date=13 August 2018}}|{{cite web|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=25 March 2017|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>

Ideologically, the Centre Party is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum,<ref>{{bulleted list|{{cite book |author=Clive Archer |title=Norway outside the European Union |year=2005 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=978-0-415-28279-6 |page=68 }}|{{cite book |title=The Rise of the Norwegian Parliament |author= Hilmar Rommetvedt |year=2003 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=978-0-7146-5286-3 |page=190 }}|{{cite book |title=Centre Parties |author=Reuven Y. Hazan |year=2000 |publisher=Continuum International |location=London |isbn=978-0-8264-4763-0 |page=35 }}|{{cite book|author=Frances Nicholson|title=Political and Economic Encyclopaedia of Western Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0aYVAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA49|year=1990|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-072-8|page=49}}}}</ref> it advocates for economic nationalist and protectionist policy to protect Norwegian farmers with toll tariffs,<ref name="bloomberg"/> and it supports decentralisation.<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite news|title=Even Norway Is Riding the Populist Wave of Politics|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-19/elite-bashing-resonates-as-richest-scandinavians-prepare-to-vote|work=Bloomberg|date=16 February 2017}}</ref> It was founded in 1920 as the Farmers' Party{{refn|name="FarmersParty"|group=nb}} ({{langx|no|link=no|Bondepartiet}}, Bp) and from its founding until 2000, the Centre Party joined only governments not led by the Labour Party, although it had previously supported a Labour government in the 1930s.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Tidslinjer 2 verden og Norge : historie vg3 |date=2008 |publisher=Aschehoug |others=Ole Kristian Grimnes |isbn=978-82-03-33643-0 |edition=Bokmål[utg.] |location=[Oslo] |oclc=1028414870}}</ref> This turned around in 2005, when the party joined the red–green coalition government led by the Labour Party. Governments headed by prime ministers from the party include the short-lived Kolstad and Hundseid's Cabinet between 1931 and 1933 and the longer-lasting Borten's Cabinet from 1965 until 1971.

The Centre Party has maintained a strong stance against Norwegian membership in the European Union,<ref name="euro">{{Cite web|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/ud/dok/nou-er/2012/nou-2012-2/13/2/2.html?id=669542|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020163952/http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/ud/dok/nou-er/2012/nou-2012-2/13/2/2.html?id=669542 |url-status=dead |title=Partienes syn på EU og EØS.|archive-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref> successfully campaigning against Norwegian membership in both the 1972 and 1994 referendums, during which time the party saw record-high election results. Subsequently, the party proposed Norway's withdrawal from the European Economic Area and the Schengen Agreement.<ref name="euro"/> In 2017, party deputy leader Ola Borten Moe declared nationalism to be a "positive force".<ref>{{cite news |date=9 February 2017 |title=Rekordmåling for Senterpartiet: - Norsk nasjonalisme er en positiv kraft |language=no |work=Aftenposten |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/norge/politikk/Rekordmaling-for-Senterpartiet---Norsk-nasjonalisme-er-en-positiv-kraft-614907b.html}}</ref>

== History == The party was founded at the national convention of the ''Norsk Landmandsforbund'' during 17–19 June 1920, when it was decided by the association to run for the 1921 Norwegian parliamentary election. In 1922, the association was renamed to the Norwegian Agrarian Association and the political activity of the group was separated as the Farmers' Party (''Bondepartiet'').<ref name=snl>{{cite web|url=http://www.snl.no/Senterpartiet|title=Senterpartiet|first=Knut Are|last=Tvedt|date=29 September 2009|work=Store norske leksikon}}</ref>

During the eight decades since the Centre Party was created as a political faction of a Norwegian agrarian organisation, the party has changed a great deal. Only a few years after its creation, the party broke with its mother organisation and started developing a policy based on decentralisation. The 1930s have in the post-war era been seen as a controversial time in the party's history. This is partly because Vidkun Quisling, who later became the leader of Nasjonal Samling, was Minister of Defence in the Farmers Party Kolstad and Hundseid cabinets from 1931 to 1933. However, Quisling was not a member of the Farmers Party.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dahl|first1=Hans Fredrik|title=En fører blir til|date=1991|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|isbn=8257409049|page=165}}</ref> While there were fascist sympathies among parts of the Farmers Party's electorate, the Farmers Party itself never supported fascism and it was the Farmers' Party that enabled the first stable Labour cabinet in Norway. In 1935, they reached a compromise with the Labour Party which led to the Nygaardsvold Cabinet.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stugu|first1=Ola Svein|title=Norsk historie etter 1905|date=2012|publisher=Det norske samlaget|location=Oslo|isbn=978-82-521-7444-1|pages=91–93}}</ref> In addition, the Farmers' Party was represented in the war-time cabinet by Anders Fjelstad, who served as a consultative councillor of state.<ref>{{cite web|title=Johan Nygaardsvold's Government|url=https://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/governments/norway-at-war/johan-nygaardsvolds-government/id438691/|website=regjeringen.no|date=March 2007|access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref> Political scientist Trond Nordby argues that the Farmers' Party has been given an undeservably bad reputation from this time and that the party was not really "as dark brown as some claim".<ref name="tv2">{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/politikk/valg09/mener-senterpartiet-floerter-med-nasjonalisme-2835402.html|title=Mener Senterpartiet flørter med nasjonalisme|work=TV2|first=Birger|last=Henriksen|date=30 June 2009}}</ref>

In 1959, the party briefly changed its name to the Norwegian Democratic Party – Democrats (''Norsk Folkestyreparti – Demokratene''), but it soon had to change the name again due to election technicalities. In June 1959, the name was changed to the current Centre Party. This happened out of the need to attract an additional electorate with the continuing decline of the agrarian share of the population.<ref name=snl/> The party's membership numbers peaked at 70,000 in 1971.<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|access-date=2 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230014048/http://www.aftenposten.no/fakta/innsikt/article2852464.ece|archive-date=30 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> From 1927 to 1999, the party published the newspaper ''Fylket''.<ref>[https://snl.no/Fylket "Fylket"]. ''Store norske leksikon''. Retrieved 9 May 2020.</ref>

In local elections, the party has enjoyed strong support in several small municipalities, where the party has a strong influence. After the 2007 Norwegian local elections, 83 of the mayors in Norway represented the Centre Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssb.no/kommvalgform/main.html|title=Flere kvinnelige ordførere|date=29 January 2008|publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå|access-date=4 September 2009}}</ref> Only the Labour Party had more mayors and the Centre Party had more mayors than any other, relative to party size.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/1.2063857|title=Sp vil ha flere ordførere|last=Helljesen|first=Geir|date=16 March 2007|publisher=NRK|language=no|access-date=4 September 2009}}</ref>

The Centre Party had been a part of both centrist and centre-right coalition governments from 1963 to 2000 and in six governments, one of which were led by a Prime Minister from the party. Since the 2005 Norwegian parliamentary election, the party ran for government together with the Labour Party and the Socialist Left Party as the red–green coalition, with the Centre Party constituting the green part of the alliance. The coalition was successful in winning the majority of the seats in the Storting and negotiations followed with the aim of forming a coalition cabinet led by the Labour Party's leader Jens Stoltenberg. These negotiations succeeded and the Centre Party entered the Second Stoltenberg Cabinet on 17 October 2005 with four ministers. The Red–Greens were re-elected to government in the 2009 Norwegian parliamentary election. It has been argued that the party's ideology moved more towards social democracy at the end of the 1980s.<ref name="ntntu">{{cite news|url=http://www.ntnu.no/universitetsavisa/nr4/ny9.html|title=Fra bondeparti til sosialdemokrati|work=Universitetsavisa (NTNU)|first=Kjersti T.|last=Morstøl|access-date=11 November 2009}}</ref>

The party is known for its support of high toll tariffs on foreign cheese and meat called "toll protection"<ref>{{cite news|last=Havro|first=Hilde Lysengen|date=17 September 2012|url=http://www.nationen.no/2012/09/18/nyheter/kronetoll/prosenttoll/toll/importvern/7664280/|title=Tollvern-siger for Senterpartiet: Regjeringa går frå kronetoll til prosenttoll på fleire landbruksvarer|trans-title=Customs protection says for the Centre Party: The government goes from kroner to percentage tariff on more agricultural products|newspaper=Nationen|language=no|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> as well as their proposal to shoot all wolves in Norway.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bårdsgård|first=Hans|date=5 September 2012|url=http://www.nationen.no/2012/09/06/rovdyr/ulv/jakt/rovdyrforlik/fellingstillatelse/7637759/|title=SV ser ulveforslag som uaktuell rødgrønn politikk|trans-title=SV sees wolf proposals as stale red-green policy|newspaper=Nationen|language=no|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=11 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211040508/http://www.nationen.no/2012/09/06/rovdyr/ulv/jakt/rovdyrforlik/fellingstillatelse/7637759/|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, this has lately been rejected as the party's policy by Sandra Borch, the predator policies spokesperson of the Centre Party, who in a 2020 interview given on the debate program to Dagsnytt 18 on NRK1 stated that "[t]he Centre Party has never proposed to exterminate the wolf. We want substainable management of predators", adding that "[w]hat the Centre Party has been a part of, together with the Liberal Party in a broad agreement in the Storting, is that we will have 4-6 breeding wolf packs in Norway."<ref>{{cite news|date=29 January 2020|url=https://tv.nrk.no/se?v=NNFA56012920|title=NRK-TV Dagsnytt 18|trans-title=NRK-TV Day's news eighteen|language=no|access-date=10 December 2020|at=Approximately at 28:40}}</ref>

The party was also in charge of implementing the Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats in 1986. The Centre Party's Rakel Surlien was Minister of the Environment when Norway ratified the Berne Convention, so that protection of wolves became Norwegian law. The Berne Convention was otherwise adopted by a unanimous Storting, which also included all MPs from the Centre Party.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stavrum|first=Gunnar|date=1 February 2017|url=https://www.nettavisen.no/mener/senterpartiets-minister-vedtok-fredningen-av-ulv/3423308429.html|title=Senterpartiets minister vedtok fredningen av ulv|trans-title=The Centre Party's minister of Environment approved the protection of wolves|newspaper=Nettavisen|language=no|access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref>

In late 2012, the Centre Party caused controversy in Norway when it emerged that the party had demanded higher import tariffs on meat and hard cheeses to protect Norwegian farmers from foreign competition.<ref>{{cite news|last=Berglund|first=Nina|title=Protests rise over meat and cheese|url=http://www.newsinenglish.no/2012/10/10/protests-rise-over-meat-and-cheese/|access-date=29 October 2012|newspaper=Views and News from Norway|date=10 October 2012}}</ref> This included increased duties of 429% on lamb, 344% on beef and 277% on all but 14 exempted hard cheeses.<ref>{{cite web |title=Changes to border protection for selected agricultural products|url=https://www.regjeringen.no/en/historical-archive/Stoltenbergs-2nd-Government/Ministry-of-Agriculture-and-Food/Nyheter-og-pressemeldinger/pressemeldinger/2012/changes-to-border-protection-for-selecte/id701321/|publisher=Government of Norway|date=8 October 2012|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref>

Since the leadership of Trygve Slagsvold Vedum during years in opposition, the party has been described as populist by several sources.<ref name="bloomberg"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Making Sense Of The Norwegian General Election|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ben-cullimore/norway-general-election_b_17983614.html|work=Huffington Post|date=15 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Norway wrestles with EU ties, national values before vote|url=https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/wireStory/norway-wrestles-eu-ties-national-values-ahead-vote-49720849|newspaper=ABC News|agency=Associated Press|date=9 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Norway polls say election result too close to call |url=https://www.ft.com/content/639e97fa-95f1-11e7-a652-cde3f882dd7b |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/639e97fa-95f1-11e7-a652-cde3f882dd7b |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription|work=Financial Times|date=10 September 2017}}</ref> Vedum's first parliamentary election as leader, in 2017, saw the party nearly double its vote and seat total. At the 2021 election, the party won a further nine seats, bringing their total to 28. It was the party's best result since 1993 and the second-best result in party history. The Centre Party re-entered government, supporting Labour Party Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Vedum became finance minister in the new government.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 October 2021 |title=Norge har fått ny regjering |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/norge-har-fatt-ny-regjering-1.15689598 |accessdate=12 September 2025 |publisher=NRK |language=no}}</ref>

The Centre Party withdrew from the Labour government in January 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Solsvik |first=Terje |date=2025-01-30 |title=Eurosceptic party quits Norway's government, almost half of cabinet departs |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/norway-eurosceptic-party-resign-government-local-media-reports-2025-01-30/ |access-date=2025-09-13 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref> Labour governed as a minority government until the 2025 election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norway's Labour Party rules alone for first time in 25 years |url=https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/603759#Norway's-Labour-Party-rules-alone-for-first-time-in-25-years-2025-02-05 |access-date=2025-09-13 |website=chinadailyhk |language=en}}</ref> Following the Centre Party's exit from government, the Labour Party saw a rebound in the polls after former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg replaced Vedum as Finance Minister.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bryant |first=Miranda |date=2025-09-08 |title=Norway’s Labour party wins election after seeing off populist surge |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/08/norways-labour-party-holds-narrow-lead-in-early-election-results |access-date=2025-09-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In the 2025 election, the Centre Party's support collapsed, securing just nine seats (a decrease of 19) with 5.6% of the vote, the worst result in the party’s history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norway vote: Labour's Jonas Gahr Stoere wins second term – DW – 09/09/2025 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/norway-vote-labours-jonas-gahr-stoere-wins-second-term/a-73914336 |access-date=2025-09-13 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> Despite the collapse of the Centre Party, Labour, Centre, and other left-of-centre parties were able to secure a majority of seats in the Storting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-09 |title=Norway's left clinches vote win as populist right surges into second place |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq65255l27qo |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== List of party leaders == * Johan E. Mellbye (1920–1921) * Kristoffer Høgset (1921–1927) * Erik Enge (1927–1930) * Jens Hundseid (1930–1938) * Nils Trædal (1938–1948) * Einar Frogner (1948–1954) * Per Borten (1955–1967) * John Austrheim (1967–1973) * Dagfinn Vårvik (1973–1977) * Gunnar Stålsett (1977–1979) * Johan J. Jakobsen (1979–1991) * Anne Enger Lahnstein (1991–1999) * Odd Roger Enoksen (1999–2003) * Åslaug Haga (2003–2008) * Lars Peder Brekk (2008; acting) * Liv Signe Navarsete (2008–2014) * Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (2014–present)

== Government participation == Governments led by Centre Party Prime Ministers: * The Government of Peder Kolstad 1931–1932 (minority government) * The Government of Jens Hundseid 1932–1933 (minority government) * The Government of Per Borten 1965–1971 (coalition of Sp, H, KrF and V)

With Prime Ministers from other parties: * The Government of Lars Korvald (KrF), 1972–1973 (coalition of KrF, Sp and V) * The second Government of Kåre Willoch (H), 1983–1986 (coalition of H, KrF and Sp) * The Government of Jan P. Syse (H), 1989–1990, (coalition of H, KrF and Sp) * The first Government of Kjell Magne Bondevik (KrF), 1997–2000 (minority government coalition of KrF, Sp and V) * The second Government of Jens Stoltenberg (Ap), 2005–2013 (coalition of Ap, Sp and SV) * The Government of Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap), 2021–2025 (minority government coalition of Ap, and Sp)

==Election results== ===Storting=== {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" |- ! Election ! Leader ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! Position ! Status |- ! 1921 | rowspan=2 | Kristoffer Høgset | 118,657 | 13.1 | {{composition bar|17|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{increase}} 14 | {{increase}} 4th | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 1924 | 131,706 | 13.5 | {{composition bar|22|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{increase}} 5 | {{steady}} 4th | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 1927 | Erik Enge | 149,026 | 14.9 | {{composition bar|26|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{increase}} 4 | {{steady}} 4th | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! rowspan=2 | 1930 | rowspan=4 | Jens Hundseid | rowspan=2 | 190,220 | rowspan=2 | 15.9 | rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|25|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | rowspan=2 | {{decrease}} 1 | rowspan=2 | {{steady}} 4th | {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1930–1931)}}}} |- | {{yes2|Minority {{small|(1931–1933)}}}} |- ! 1933 | 173,634 | 13.9 | {{composition bar|23|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{decrease}} 2 | {{steady}} 4th' | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 1936 | 168,038 | 11.5 | {{composition bar|18|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{decrease}} 5 | {{steady}} 4th | {{partial2|External support}} |- ! 1945 | Nils Trædal | 119,362 | 8.0 | {{composition bar|10|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{decrease}} 8 | {{decrease}} 5th | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 1949{{efn|name=joint_lists|Ran on joint lists with other parties in some constituencies as it has done from 1949 to 1981. Vote numbers are only from independent Centre Party lists while vote percentage also includes the Centre 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=25.3 Stortingsvalg. Godkjente stemmer etter parti/valgliste1. Prosent|trans-title=25.3 Parliamentary Election. Approved votes by party / electoral list1. percent|publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå|language=no|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>}} | rowspan=2 | Einar Frogner | 85,418 | 7.9 | {{composition bar|12|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{increase}} 2 | {{increase}} 4th | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 1953{{efn|name=joint_lists}} | 157,018 | 9.0 | {{composition bar|14|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{increase}} 2 | {{decrease}} 5th | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 1957{{efn|name=joint_lists}} | rowspan=5 | Per Borten | 154,761 | 9.3 | {{composition bar|15|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{increase}} 1 | {{increase}} 4th | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! rowspan=3 | 1961{{efn|name=joint_lists}} | rowspan=3 | 125,643 | rowspan=3 | 9.3 | rowspan=3 | {{composition bar|16|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | rowspan=3 | {{increase}} 1 | rowspan=3 | {{increase}} 3rd | {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1961–1963)}}}} |- | {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1963)}}}} |- | {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1963–1965)}}}} |- ! 1965{{efn|name=joint_lists}} | 191,702 | 9.9 | {{composition bar|18|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{increase}} 2 | {{decrease}} 4th | {{yes2|Coalition}} |- ! rowspan=3 | 1969{{efn|name=joint_lists}} | rowspan=3 | John Austrheim | rowspan=3 | 194,128 | rowspan=3 | 10.5 | rowspan=3 | {{composition bar|20|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | rowspan=3 | {{increase}} 2 | rowspan=3 | {{increase}} 3rd | {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1969–1971)}}}} |- | {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1971–1972)}}}} |- | {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1972–1973)}}}} |- ! 1973{{efn|name=joint_lists}} | Dagfinn Vårvik | 146,312 | 11.0 | {{composition bar|21|155|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{increase}} 1 | {{steady}} 3rd | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 1977{{efn|name=joint_lists}} | Gunnar Stålsett | 184,087 | 8.6 | {{composition bar|12|155|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{decrease}} 9 | {{decrease}} 4th | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! rowspan=2 | 1981{{efn|name=joint_lists}} | rowspan=6 | Johan J. Jakobsen | rowspan=2 | 103,753 | rowspan=2 | 6.7 | rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|11|155|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | rowspan=2 | {{decrease}} 1 | rowspan=2 | {{steady}} 4th | {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1981–1983)}}}} |- | {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1983–1985)}}}} |- ! rowspan=2 | 1985 | rowspan=2 | 171,770 | rowspan=2 | 6.6 | rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|12|157|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | rowspan=2 | {{increase}} 1 | rowspan=2 | {{steady}} 4th | {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1983–1986)}}}} |- | {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1986–1989)}}}} |- ! rowspan=2 | 1989 | rowspan=2 | 171,269 | rowspan=2 | 6.5 | rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|11|165|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | rowspan=2 | {{decrease}} 1 | rowspan=2 | {{decrease}} 6th | {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1989–1990)}}}} |- | {{partial2|External support {{small|(1990–1993)}}}} |- ! 1993 | rowspan=3 | Anne Enger Lahnstein | 412,187 | 16.7 | {{composition bar|32|165|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{increase}} 21 | {{increase}} 2nd | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! rowspan=2 | 1997 | rowspan=2 | 204,824 | rowspan=2 | 7.9 | rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|11|165|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | rowspan=2 | {{decrease}} 21 | rowspan=2 | {{decrease}} 5th | {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1997–2000)}}}} |- | {{no2|Opposition {{small|(2000–2001)}}}} |- ! 2001 | Odd Roger Enoksen | 140,287 | 5.6 | {{composition bar|10|165|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 | {{decrease}} 6th | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 2005 | Åslaug Haga | 171,063 | 6.5 | {{composition bar|11|169|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{increase}} 1 | {{steady}} 6th | {{yes2|Coalition}} |- ! 2009 | rowspan=2 | Liv Signe Navarsete | 165,006 | 6.2 | {{composition bar|11|169|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{steady}} | {{increase}} 5th | {{yes2|Coalition}} |- ! 2013 | 155,357 | 5.5 | {{composition bar|10|169|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 | {{steady}} 5th | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 2017 | rowspan=5 | Trygve Slagsvold Vedum | 301,348 | 10.3 | {{composition bar|19|169|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{increase}} 9 | {{increase}} 4th | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! rowspan=3 | 2021 | rowspan=3 | 402,481 | rowspan=3 | 13.6 | rowspan=3 | {{composition bar|28|169|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | rowspan=3 | {{increase}} 9 | rowspan=3 | {{increase}} 3rd | {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(2021–2025)}}}} |- | {{no2|Opposition {{small|(2025)}}}} |- | {{partial2|External support {{small|(2025)}}}} |- ! 2025 | 179,994 | 5.6 | {{composition bar|9|169|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}} | {{decrease}} 19 | {{decrease}} 5th | {{partial2|External support}} |} {{clear left}}

==Notable people==   *Fredmund Sandvik (1951–2024), farmers' leader and politician

== See also == * Nordic agrarian parties

== Notes == {{reflist|group=nb}} {{notelist}}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category|Senterpartiet}} * {{Official website}} {{in lang|no}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205103749/http://www.senterpartiet.no/category11868.html Sp] – official English-language information page on the Centre Party's ideology (archived) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070914033508/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg/val_2007/resultat/?type=parti&id=sp#valresultat Election results for the Centre Party in the 2007 local elections] {{in lang|no}} (archived)

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