Pirate Party (Norway)

{{Infobox political party

| name = Piratpartiet

| native_name = Piratpartiet

| logo = File:PiratenSignet-DE.svg

| colorcode = {{party color|Pirate Party of Norway}}

| leader = Svein Mork Dahl

| president =

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| secretary_general =

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| foundation = {{Start date|2012|12|16|df=y}}{{cite web|last=Ottervig |first=Vegard |title=Piratpartiet rakk fristen: Har samlet inn 5000 underskrifter |url=http://www.hardware.no/artikler/piratpartiet-er-klart-for-stortingsvalget/115324 |website=hardware.no |date=17 December 2012 |language=no |access-date=21 August 2013}}

| ideology = Pirate politics

| headquarters = Oslo

| international = Pirate Parties International

| website = https://piratpartiet.no

| country = Norway

| abbreviation = PIR

| colors = Black and orange

| youth_wing = Unge Pirater

| membership = 107{{cite news|url=https://www.digi.no/artikler/fullt-kaos-i-piratpartiet-fylkesledere-ber-styret-om-a-ga-jeg-frykter-at-partiet-kommer-til-a-do/367256|title=Fullt kaos i Piratpartiet. Fylkesledere med krass kritikk av partitopp: - Partiet kommer til å dø om det fortsetter|trans-title=Full chaos in the Pirate Party. County leaders with harsh criticism of the party leadership: - The party will die if it continues |website=Digi|language=no|date=14 May 2021}}

| membership_year = 2017

| european = European Pirate Party

| seats1 = {{composition bar|0|169|black}}

| seats1_title = Storting

| seats2 = {{composition bar|0|777|black}}

| seats2_title = County councils

| seats3 = {{composition bar|0|10620|black}}

| seats3_title = Municipal councils

| seats4 = {{composition bar|0|39|black}}

| seats4_title = Sámi Parliament

}}

The Pirate Party ({{langx|no|Piratpartiet}}) is a Norwegian political party which was founded in 2012. Its basic principles are "full transparency in state management, privacy on the internet, as well as better use of IT and technology to make a better democracy".{{cite web|title=Nå kommer piratene|url=http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Na-kommer-piratene-2759923.html|website=BT.NO (in Norwegian)|access-date=1 March 2015}} 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 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election. The party is a part of the Pirate Parties International.{{cite news |last=Holte |first=Magnus Aamo |title=Nå kommer piratene |url=http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Na-kommer-piratene-2759923.html |newspaper=Bergens Tidende |orig-year=4 September 2012|date=24 January 2013 |language=no |access-date=21 August 2013 }}

History

= Founding =

In June 2012, the party issued invitations to a kickoff meeting to be held in Trondheim on the 16th,{{cite news |author=NTB |author-link=Norsk Telegrambyrå |title=Norsk piratparti vil inn på Stortinget |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/Norsk-piratparti-vil-inn-pa-Stortinget-6849687.html |newspaper=Aftenposten |date=13 June 2012 |access-date=21 August 2013 |language=no}} 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.{{cite news |author=NTB |title=Piratpartiet blir godkjent |url=http://www.bt.no/nyheter/innenriks/Piratpartiet-blir-godkjent-2814357.html |newspaper=Bergens Tidende |date=17 December 2012 |access-date=21 August 2013 |language=no}}

= Name =

On 11 March 2023, the party congress decided to change the party's name to Innovasjon- og teknologipartiet (The Innovation and Technology party).{{Cite web |title=pirnorge |url=https://twitter.com/pirnorge |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=Twitter |language=en}}

In October 2024, the party changed its name back to the Pirate Party, which can be observed through updates on their media pages.{{Cite web |title=Piratpartiet |url=https://www.itpartiet.no/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |language=nb-NO}}

Party Leaders

Sources:{{Cite web |title=Sentralstyrets Historikk – Piratpartiets Wiki |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003024535/https://wiki.piratpartiet.no/Sentralstyrets_Historikk |url-status=live |archive-date=2022-10-03 |url=https://wiki.piratpartiet.no/Sentralstyrets_Historikk |access-date=2020-12-19 |website=wiki.piratpartiet.no}}{{Cite web |title=Sentralstyret – Piratpartiets Wiki |url=https://www.itpartiet.no/sentralstyret |access-date=2020-12-19 |website=itpartiet.no/sentralstyret}}

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

Parliamentary Election results

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Election year ! # of overall votes ! % of overall vote ! # of overall seats won
2013 \| 9,869 \| 0.3 (#12) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|169\|hex=Orange}}
2017 \| 3,347 \| 0.1 (#15) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|169\|hex=Orange}}
2021 \| 2,308 \| 0.1 (#20) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|169\|hex=Orange}}

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Election year

! # of
overall votes

! % of
overall vote

! # of
overall seats won

2013

| 9,869

| 0.3 (#12)

| {{Composition bar|0|169|hex=Orange}}

2017

| 3,347

| 0.1 (#15)