Reidar Digranes of the Centre Party will be Bergen’s city councillor for business, culture and sport. He sees no major dividing line between his own party and the Conservative Party in local politics.Photo: Mikael Tjemland / Bergen Sp.
Bergen’s new city council is a major step forward for a conservative party with a metropolitan profile. The question is whether it will become a model to follow in more places, or even nationally.
Today at 11 am, a new city council is being launched in Bergen, formed by the Conservative Party, the FRP and the Centre Party. Bergen politics, which has long been characterised by partial chaos and conflict, is thus perhaps entering a calmer path. It is particularly interesting to see the Centre Party and the Conservative Party working together.
For a long time, these parties have been the main ideological opponents at the national level. Trygve Slagsvold Vedum’s entire election strategy for 2021 seems to be based on the fact that Erna Solberg’s right wing is doing everything that is wrong for the country.
At the same time, the Centre Party has a profile that makes it difficult to define it unambiguously as a left-wing party, which was decisive for Vedum’s refusal to participate in the SV government. In the party’s purpose clause, it can be read that “[e]”A living popular government, built on Christian and national foundations, is a prerequisite for the well-being of the people and the progress of the country.”
Minerva Digital Annual Subscription for NOK 799
order here
Minerva’s monthly digital subscription for NOK 99 per month,
first two weeks 1 NOK
order here
Minerva annual digital subscription + magazine for NOK 1249
order here