Editing Progress Party (Norway) (section)

== Ideology and political positions ==
The party historically identified itself in the preamble of its platform as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] (''liberalistisk''; "liberal", "[[Libertarian party|libertarian]]"){{Sfn|Widfeldt|2014|p=95-96}} party, built on Norwegian and Western traditions and [[cultural heritage]], with a basis in a Christian understanding of life and [[Humanism|humanist]] values.{{refn|<ref name="pri">{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/Prinsipprogram_2009-2013/|publisher=FrP.no|title=Fremskrittspartiets prinsipper 2009–2013|access-date=8 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904021954/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/Prinsipprogram_2009-2013/|archive-date=4 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Culture and Customs of Norway|last=O'Leary|first=Margaret|publisher=Greenwood|year=2010|isbn=978-0313362484|location=United States|page=18}}</ref><ref name="Rydgren2013">{{cite book|first=Jens|last=Rydgren|date=2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RuA0U5V23j8C&pg=PA108|title=Class Politics and the Radical Right|publisher=[[Routledge]]|page=108|isbn=978-0415690522}}</ref>{{Sfn|Widfeldt|2014|p=94-95}}}} Its main declared goal in 2010 was a strong reduction in taxes and government intervention.<ref name="pri"/>

Many within the party reject the description of the party as liberal. The party has a wing that identifies itself as [[economically liberal]] or [[Right-libertarianism|libertarian]], and a wing that identifies itself as [[national-conservative]] and focuses strongly on [[anti-immigration]] politics. According to scholar Anders Ravik Jupskås, the national conservative faction gained ground in the 2010s; while members of the party leadership tend to identify as liberals or libertarians, the national conservative wing has strong support among the membership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://morgenbladet.no/aktuelt/2020/06/de-nasjonalkonservative-i-frp-oker-men-har-ikke-makt|title=De nasjonalkonservative i Frp øker, men har ikke makt|first1=Thea Storøy|last1=Elnan|first2=Sofie Amalie|last2=Klougart|date=19 June 2020|website=morgenbladet.no}}</ref> The party's largest chapter, the Oslo chapter, adopted a resolution that calls for the party to declare itself as [[national conservative]] and to replace liberalism with a "Norway first" policy aiming at making Norway a "patriotic beacon" in Europe, with a focus on [[anti-immigration]] politics and rejection of the [[scientific consensus on climate change]], that includes "a complete ban on non-western immigration" and a referendum on immigration; the Oslo chapter's MP [[Christian Tybring-Gjedde]] said that "very few people agree" with the stated ideology of liberalism in the party programme because "liberalism in its extreme form means open borders" and because "liberalism is a dead ideology."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/nb-no/nyheter/norge/christian-tybring-gjedde---vi-m%C3%A5-sette-norge-f%C3%B8rst/ar-AAHA7Uc |title=Sylvi Listhaug fnyser av forslaget til Christian Tybring-Gjedde |date=20 September 2019|website=[[Nettavisen]]}}</ref><ref name="DB2020">{{cite news |date=29 February 2020 |title=Sivs fylkeslag vil gjøre Norge til patriotisk fyrtårn |url= https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/sivs-fylkeslag-vil-gjore-norge-til-patriotisk-fyrtarn/72195752|work=[[Dagbladet]] }}</ref><ref name="TV2">{{cite news |date=29 February 2020 |title=Oslo Frp vil gjøre Norge til et "patriotisk fyrtårn"|trans-title=Oslo Frp wants to turn Norway into a 'patriotic beacon' |url=https://www.tv2.no/a/11255511/ |work=[[TV2 (Norway)|TV2]] }}</ref> Christian Tybring-Gjedde was later expelled from the Progress Party in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vartdal |first=Ragnhild |date=2024-07-14 |title=Christian Tybring-Gjedde kasta ut av Frp |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/christian-tybring-gjedde-kasta-ut-av-frp-1.16964803 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=NRK |language=nn-NO}}</ref> Former party leader [[Carl I. Hagen]] has supported this initiative, stating that liberal values do not belong in the Progress Party and arguing that the party should become national conservative instead of "liberal extremist".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv2.no/a/11513900/|title=Hagens nye planer bekymrer kona kraftig: – Hun vet ikke om jeg overlever|first=TV 2|last=AS|website=TV 2| date=24 June 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv2.no/a/11516594/|title=Sandberg tar oppgjør med Carl I. Hagen: – Vil splitte partiet|first=TV 2|last=AS|website=TV 2| date=25 June 2020 }}</ref> The Progress Party has often been described by academics as [[right-wing populist]],<ref name="right-wing populist" /><ref name="Bjerkem2016">{{cite journal|last=Bjerkem|first=Johan|title=The Norwegian Progress Party: an established populist party|journal=European View|year=2016|volume=15|issue=2|pages=233–243|doi=10.1007/s12290-016-0404-8|doi-access=free}}</ref>{{Sfn|Allern|2010|p=26: "The Norwegian Progress Party is...traditionally characterised as a borderline case of the extreme or radical right (Ignazi 1992: 13–15; Kitschelt 1995: 121; Ignazi 2003: 157), and Mudde (2007:19) characterises FrP as a non-radical populist party"; see also: p.212}}{{Sfn|Widfeldt|2014|p=83: "The academic literature is not unanimous in classifying FrP as an extreme right party. Cas Mudde, in his book from 2007, argues that FrP does not belong to the populist radical right family... Instead, he classifies FrP as a "neoliberal populist party". Other writers, however, do place FrP in the same category...even if they in some cases do so with qualifications"; see also: p. 16}}<ref>[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/forskere-frp-er-hoeyrepopulistisk/a/10126475/ "Forskere: Frp er høyrepopulistisk"], ''Verdens Gang'' (NTB), 14 September 2013. "Ja, de er høyrepopulister. Men sammenlignet med andre slike partier i Europa er de en moderat utgave og har sterkere innslag av liberalkonservative strømninger, sier Jupskås." ("Yes, they are right-wing populists. But compared to similar parties in Europe, they are a moderate version, and have stronger elements of liberal-conservative currents, Jupskås (Anders Ravik Jupskås, lecturer Department of Political Science, University of Oslo) says.")</ref>{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=7}} to the disagreement of the party and some observers, including former Prime Minister [[Erna Solberg]] and professor Cas Mudde.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mudde |first=Cas |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm76940059 |title=Populist radical right parties in Europe |date=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-85081-0 |location=Cambridge, UK; New York |oclc=ocm76940059}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nrk.no/valg2013/venstre-og-krf-tar-frp-i-forsvar-1.11237762 |title=KrF og Venstre forsvarer Frp |trans-title=KrF and Venstre defend Frp |website=NRK |date=12 September 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thelocal.no/20130916/progress-party-calls-press-to-protest-breivik-link "Progress calls press to protest Breivik link"], ''The Local'', 16 September 2013: "[Frank Aarebrot, professor of comparative politics at Bergen University], who is a member of the Labour Party, told Aftenposten. "It is unreasonable to compare the Progress Party with the Danish People's Party, the Sweden Democrats and the True Finns,"  he added."</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20140103/le-pen-comparison-ruffles-causes-norwegian-upset|title=Economist's Jensen – le Pen comparison 'crude'|date=3 January 2014|work=The Local (no)|quote="Knut Heidar, politics professor at the University of Oslo, said that the comparison with the National Front and other European parties was problematic: "It's a result of crude categorisation. You put them all in the same bag and think they're all alike. But the Progress Party is more moderate on nearly all points. This is why it's not as controversial in Norway as it is in foreign media." [...] "They're really more like the Norwegian or British Conservative parties than they are like the Austrian Freedom Party, the Vlaams Bloc or the National Front," he added."}}</ref> Various academics have also described the Progress Party as [[Far-right politics|far-right]].<ref name="far-right" />

The core issues for the party revolve around immigration, crime, [[foreign aid]], the [[elderly]] and [[social security]] in regards to health and care for the elderly. The party is regarded as having policies on the right in most of these cases, both fiscally and socially, though in some cases, like care for the elderly, the policy is regarded as being on the left.{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=85}} It has been claimed that the party changed in its first three decades, in turn from an "outsider movement" in the 1970s, to [[Libertarianism in the United States|American-style libertarianism]] in the 1980s, to right-wing populism in the 1990s.{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=9}}{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=8}} From the 2000s, the party has to some extent sought to moderate its profile in order to seek government cooperation with centre-right parties.{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=11}} This has been especially true since the expulsion of certain members around 2001, and further under the lead of Siv Jensen from 2006,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2006/10/26/480894.html|title=Hva FrP ikke er|first=Siv|last=Jensen|work=[[Dagbladet]]|date=26 October 2006|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> when the party has tried to move and position itself more towards conservatism and also seek cooperation with such parties abroad.<ref name="klass">{{Cite news|url=http://www.klassekampen.no/kontakt_oss/54853/article/item/null|title=Sier nei til Kjærsgaard|work=[[Klassekampen]]|first=Hans Petter|last=Sjøli|author-link=Hans Petter Sjøli|date=25 September 2008|access-date=16 November 2009|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135641/http://www.klassekampen.no/kontakt_oss/54853/article/item/null|archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> The party values are officially focused on [[civil liberties]], [[individualism]] and [[limited government]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frp.no/english|title=Information in English|date=27 January 2015|publisher=frp.no|access-date=6 April 2015|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328194303/https://www.frp.no/english|url-status=dead}}</ref> A local group within the party, centered around Oslo, expressed a desire for a more nationalistic policy, inspired by the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]]. They emphasize [[patriotism]] and openly prioritize the interests of Norway and the Norwegian people in a "Norway first" policy. They also promote a complete halt to non-western immigration, and express support for [[climate change denial]].<ref name="DB2020"/><ref name="TV2"/> The party has often criticised and called for a reduction of [[Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation|Norwegian foreign aid]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/g8B61|title=Kraftige reaksjoner på Tybring-Gjedde-utspill|website=www.vg.no|date=23 December 2016 }}</ref> The program of the party considers humanitarian action abroad to be preferable, when possible, to receiving refugees from affected areas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/article/ap-XQW9x.html|title=Sp har strengere innvandringspolitikk enn Frp {{!}} Torstein Ulserød|last1=Ulserød|first1=Torstein|last2=Civita|first2=jurist i|website=Aftenposten|date=31 October 2016 |language=nb-NO|access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frp.no/tema/innvandring/flyktninger|title=Flyktninger|website=FrP|language=nb-NO|access-date=15 December 2019|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215115956/https://www.frp.no/tema/innvandring/flyktninger|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Health care ===
The party has for decades been a proponent for shortening wait times for hospital treatment in Norway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/dxOzz|title=Her er Frps 100-dagersplan|website=www.vg.no|date=29 August 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frp.no/aktuelt/2017/09/helsekoene-skal-videre-ned|title=Helsekøene skal videre ned|website=FrP|access-date=26 September 2019|archive-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926165121/https://www.frp.no/aktuelt/2017/09/helsekoene-skal-videre-ned|url-status=dead}}</ref> 270,000 Norwegians were waiting for medical treatment in 2012–13.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tv2.no/a/4072750/ |title=Kortere sykehuskø blir Høyres helse-kampsak |work=TV 2 |date=19 June 2013 |publisher=[[TV 2 Nyhetene]] |access-date=26 September 2019 |last1=As |first1=TV 2. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumentarkiv/stoltenberg-ii/hod/taler-og-artikler/2013/politiske-mal-og-forventninger-til-spesi/id713002/ |title=Politiske mål og forventninger til spesialisthelsetjenesten |date=30 January 2013 |publisher=[[Regjeringen.no]] |access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref><ref>Ring, Cynthia (2 March 2012). "Norwegian student, Nicolai Andersen, lives the American Dream". Pulaski County-Patriot, p. 11.</ref> In the [[OECD]] publication ''Health at a Glance 2011'', Norway had among the longest wait times for elective surgery and specialist appointments among eleven countries surveyed.<ref>OECD (2011), "Waiting times", in&nbsp;Health at a Glance 2011:&nbsp;OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris,&nbsp;https://doi.org/10.1787/health_glance-2011-59-en.</ref> Since 2013, the [[Solberg Cabinet]] has been successful in reducing the average wait times for hospital care.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.faktisk.no/faktasjekker/kP9/det-star-faerre-folk-i-helseko |title=Det står færre folk i helsekø |newspaper=www.faktisk.no |access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.adressa.no/nyheter/innenriks/2017/08/30/Ventetiden-ved-sykehusene-g%C3%A5r-ned-15231455.ece |title=Ventetiden ved sykehusene går ned |newspaper=[[Adresseavisen]] |access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abcnyheter.no/livet/helse/2017/08/30/195328611/ventetiden-ved-sykehusene-gar-ned |title=Ventetiden ved sykehusene går ned |newspaper=abcnyheter.no |access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/slar-aps-lofte-med-600-000-sykehus-behandlinger-1.1166032 |title=Slår Aps løfte med 600.000 sykehus-behandlinger |newspaper=[[Dagsavisen]] |access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref>

=== Economy ===
The party aims to reduce the power of the state and the public sector. It believes that the public sector should only be there to secure a minimum standard of living, and that individuals, businesses and organisations should take care of various tasks instead of the public sector, in most cases. The party also generally advocates the lowering of taxes, various [[duty (economics)|duties]] as well increased [[market economy]].<ref name="ndla"/> The party also notably want to invest more of Norway's oil wealth in infrastructure (particularly roads, broadband capacity, hospitals, schools and [[nursing home]]s) and the welfare state.<ref name="frpo">{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/Andre_temaer/Okonomisk_politikk/|work=Frp.no|title=Økonomisk politikk|trans-title=Economic policy|language=no|access-date=12 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929011506/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/Andre_temaer/Okonomisk_politikk/|archive-date=29 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title= Norway votes in close general election|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/norway-votes-in-close-general-election-20090914-fnv5.html|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|first=Pierre-Henry|last=DeShayes|date=14 September 2009|access-date=27 August 2010}}</ref> This position, that has used a sense of a welfare crisis to support demands to spend more of the oil fund now rather than later, is part of its electoral success.{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=148}}

The party wants to strongly reduce taxation in Norway, and says that the money Norwegians earn, is theirs to be kept. They want to remove [[inheritance tax]] and [[property tax]].<ref name="frpo"/> The party advocates increased spending of Norway's [[The Government Pension Fund of Norway|Oil Fund]] on investments in infrastructure and aims to eliminate the existing [[the budgetary rule|budgetary rules]] which set a limit on such spending.<ref name="Rydgren2013"/><ref name="ndla">{{cite web|url=https://ndla.no/subject:1:19dae192-699d-488f-8218-d81535ce3ae3/topic:2:168542/topic:2:173292/resource:1:11473|work=Nasjonal Digital Læringsarena|title=Hva står de politiske partiene for?|trans-title=What do the political parties stand for?|language=no|first1=Jan-Arve|last1=Overland|first2=Ragnhild|last2=Tønnessen|access-date=27 August 2010}}</ref>

=== Society ===
The party regards the family to be a natural, necessary and fundamental element in a free society. It regards the family to be a carrier of traditions and culture, and to have a role in raising and caring for children. The party also wants all children to have a right of visitation and care from both parents, and to secure everyone's right to know who their biological parents are.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: Familiepolitikk|access-date=20 November 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203075801/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=3 December 2010}}</ref> The party opposed the [[Same-sex marriage in Norway|legalization of same-sex marriage]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/hommarno.htm |title=Same-sex marriage and civil unions in Norway |website=Religioustolerance.org |date=30 April 1993 |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/guide/country_by_country/norway/norway_adopts_gender_neutral_marriage_law Norway adopts gender neutral marriage law] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101181112/http://ilga-europe.org/home/guide/country_by_country/norway/norway_adopts_gender_neutral_marriage_law |date=1 November 2012 }} ilga-europe.org</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jko_BIHizUFFqUtmEaUrAEoPXFWw |title=Norway adopts gay marriage law |access-date=23 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520153827/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jko_BIHizUFFqUtmEaUrAEoPXFWw |archive-date=20 May 2011 }}</ref> questioning how children would "cope" with the law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2479146.ece |title=Same sex marriage law passed by wide majority |access-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617115242/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2479146.ece |archive-date=17 June 2008 }}</ref> In schools, the party wants to improve the working environment for teachers and students by focusing more on order, discipline and class management. The party wants more individual adaptation, to implement grades in basic subjects from fifth grade, open more private schools and decrease the amount of theory in vocational educations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: Skole- og utdanningspolitikk|access-date=20 November 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203075801/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=3 December 2010}}</ref>

During the national convention in May 2013, the party voted in favor of both same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.8359703 |title=Frp snur i homo-spørsmål – NRK Norge – Oversikt over nyheter fra ulike deler av landet |website=Nrk.no |date=16 October 2012 |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Lars Joakim Skarvøy |url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=10062353 |title=Slik skal Frp-Siv flørte med homo-velgerne – Foreldre og barn – VG |website=Vg.no |date=16 October 2012 |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/Frp-vil-la-homofile-gifte-seg-og-adoptere-barn-7018483.html#.UaG1E9L0GwQ |title=Frp vil la homofile gifte seg og adoptere barn – Aftenposten |website=Aftenposten.no |date=31 January 2014 |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> The party has for several years been a proponent for legalizing blood donation for homosexuals.<ref>{{cite web|  title=Modulen ble ikke funnet|url=http://www.frp.no/Gi+homofile+mulighet+til+%C3%A5+gi+blod.d25-TMZHIX8.ips |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703140138/http://www.frp.no/Gi+homofile+mulighet+til+%C3%A5+gi+blod.d25-TMZHIX8.ips |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2013 |access-date=26 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Tristan Dupré |url=http://fpu.no/2012/07/la-homofile-gi-blod/ |title=– La homofile gi blod! {{pipe}} Fremskrittspartiets Ungdom |website=Fpu.no |date=30 July 2012 |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref>

The party believes that artists should be less dependent on public support, and instead be more dependent on making a living on what they create. The party believes that regular people should rather decide what good culture is, and demands that artists on public support should offer something the audience wants. It also wants to abolish the annual licence fee for the [[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]] and privatise the company. Otherwise, the party wants to protect and secure Norwegian cultural heritage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: Kulturpolitikk|access-date=20 November 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203075801/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=3 December 2010}}</ref>

Since the party distances itself from discrimination and special treatment based on gender, religion and ethnic origin, the party wants to dissolve the [[Sami Parliament of Norway]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Valgordningen|url=https://www.frp.no/tema/demokrati/valgordningen|access-date=25 December 2020|website=FrP|language=nb-NO}}{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> which is based on ethnic classifications.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Fremskrittspartiets samepolitikk|journal=Fremskrittspartiets Stortingsgruppe|series=Stortingsgruppens politiske faktaark|url=http://www.frp.no/?module=Files;action=File.getFile;ID=30487|access-date=20 November 2010|page=3|trans-title=Progress Party's sami politics|language=no|format=PDF|quote=FrP vil: Nedlegge Sametinget som politisk organ og gjenopprette samerådet som rådgivende organ til Stortinget. Frem til dette skjer vil FrP arbeide for at Sametinget skal være et ikke-etnisk betinget organ.}}</ref> The party wants to uphold Sami culture, but wants to work against any special treatment based on ethnic origin regarding the right of use of water and land.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: Samepolitikk|access-date=20 November 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203075801/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=3 December 2010}}</ref>

The party is also a proponent of a ban on wearing the [[Burqa|burka]] and [[niqab]] in public spaces, schools and universities, first proposing the idea in 2010. This policy for schools and universities was ultimately achieved in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.frp.no/Vil+fjerne+burkaen+fra+det+offentlige+rom.d25-TwtDIYj.ips|date=4 March 2010|first=David|last=Lande|work=Frp.no|title=Vil fjerne burkaen fra det offentlige rom|access-date=16 September 2010|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021015426/http://www.frp.no/Vil+fjerne+burkaen+fra+det+offentlige+rom.d25-TwtDIYj.ips|archive-date=21 October 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Law and order ===
[[File:Anders Anundsen minister of justice.jpg|thumb|[[Anders Anundsen]] served as [[Minister of Justice (Norway)|Minister of Justice]] (2013–2016).]]
The party supports an increase in police forces, and more visible police on the streets. It wants to implement tougher punishments, especially for crime regarding violence and morality offences. The party also wants to establish an [[ombudsman]] for victims and relatives, as it believes today's supportive concern focus too much on the criminals rather than the victims. It wants the police to be able to use more [[non-lethal weapon]]s, such as [[electroshock weapon]]s. It also does not accept any use of religious or political symbols with the police uniform, and wants to expel foreign citizens who are convicted of crime with a frame of more than three months imprisonment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/?module=Files;action=File.getFile;ID=29859|title=Vi mener: Justispolitikk |access-date=26 November 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|format=PDF}}</ref>

=== Immigration ===
From the second half of the 1980s, the economic and welfare aspects of immigration policy were mainly a focus of Progress Party criticism, including the strains placed by immigration on the [[welfare state]].{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=149}} During the 1990s the party shifted to focus more on cultural issues and conflicts,{{Sfn|Simonsen|2007|p=15}}{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=15}} a development which can also be seen in the general public debate, including among its political opponents.{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=149}} In 1993, it was the first party in Norway to use the notion of "integration politics" in its party programme.{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=155}} While the party has made numerous proposals on immigration in parliament, it has rarely received majority support for them.{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=147}} Its proposals has largely been rejected by the remaining political parties, as well as the mass media.{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=148}} Although the party's immigration policies have been compared to those of the [[Danish People's Party]] and the [[Sweden Democrats]], leading party members have rather chosen to compare its immigration policies with those of the Dutch [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] and the Danish {{Lang|da|[[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]|italic=no}}, when those parties were in government.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://svt.se/2.35188/1.1699196/|work=[[Sveriges Television]]|title=Fremskrittspartiet knappast en förebild för Sverigedemokraterna|first1=Per Arne|last1=Olsen|first2=Kristian|last2=Norheim|date=7 September 2009|access-date=28 September 2010|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612090142/http://svt.se/2.35188/1.1699196/|archive-date=12 June 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Sylvi Listhaug.jpg|thumb|[[Sylvi Listhaug]] served as Norway's first Minister of Immigration and Integration (2015–2018).]]
Generally, the party wants a stricter immigration policy, so that only those who are in need of protection according to the [[Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees|UN Refugee Convention]] are allowed to stay in Norway.<ref name="vimener">{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: Asyl- og innvandringspolitikk|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804052714/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=4 August 2010}}</ref> Progress Party MPs have also stated that high levels of immigration combined with poor integration leads to both Norwegian and broadly Western values such as tolerance, freedom of speech and democracy being undermined and that politicians on the political left have enabled social issues through relaxing immigration policies.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nordlys.no/nyheter/article3491530.ece|work=[[Nordlys]]|first=Danny J.|last=Pellicer|date=22 April 2008|title=Free Per-Willy|access-date=16 September 2010|language=no}}</ref> In a speech in the 2007 election campaign, Siv Jensen claimed that the immigration policy was a failure because it let criminals stay in Norway, while throwing out people who worked hard and followed the law.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article1932677.ece|work=[[Aftenposten]]|first=Gunnar|last=Magnus|title=Jensen vil beholde lovlydige utlendinger|date=12 August 2007|access-date=8 September 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629144648/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article1932677.ece|archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref> The party claims the immigration and integration policy to be naïve.<ref name="vimener"/> In 2008, the party wanted to "avoid [[illiterate]]s and other poorly resourced groups who we see are not able to adapt in Norway"; which included countries as [[Somalia]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref name="aft070408">{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2352627.ece|title=Frp vil stenge grensen|work=[[Aftenposten]]|first=Kristoffer|last=Rønneberg|date=7 April 2008|access-date=11 November 2009|language=no}}</ref> The party opposes that asylum seekers are allowed stay in Norway on humanitarian grounds or due to health issues, and seeks to substantially limit the number of [[family reunification]]s.<ref name="aft070408"/> The party has also called for a [[referendum]] on the general immigration policy.<ref name="aft279"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=10001421|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|title=Frp: – Fullt mulig å stanse innvandringen|first=Erlend|last=Skevik|date=9 June 2010|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article2925141.ece|work=[[Nettavisen]]|title=En av fem vil være innvandrer|first=Trond|last=Lepperød|date=15 June 2010|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> In government, the party supported creating a Minister for Integration in the cabinet and a zero tolerance policy on illegal immigration combined with deportation of illegal immigrants and non-citizens who had committed serious felonies. Some commentators noted that Norway deported a record number of failed asylum seekers and illegal residents during the period when the party provided support to the Conservatives from 2013 to 2021.<ref name="auto1"/>

The Progress Party is also opposed to repatriating Norwegian citizens who leave the country to join terrorist organisations such as [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] and withdrew their support to the Solberg cabinet in January 2020 over the government's decision to repatriate a Norwegian national on humanitarian grounds who had escaped to join ISIS.<ref name="auto"/>

A poll conducted by ''[[Utrop]]'' in August 2009 showed that 10% (14% if the respondents answering "Don't know" are removed) of immigrants in Norway would vote for the Progress Party, only beaten by the Labour Party (38% and 56% respectively), when asked.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.utrop.no/Nyheter/Innenriks/16990|title=Flere innvandrere stemmer FrP|work=[[Utrop]]|first=Claudio|last=Castello|date=1 September 2009|access-date=11 November 2009|language=no}}</ref> More specifically, this constituted 9% of both African and Eastern European immigrants, 22% of Western European immigrants and 3% of Asian immigrants.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg-2009/artikkel.php?artid=578236|title=Innvandrere stemmer Frp – som folk flest|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|first=Lars|last=Akerhaug|date=1 September 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> Politicians with immigrant background are increasingly active in the party, most notably Iranian-Norwegian [[Mazyar Keshvari]] and former leader of the youth party, Indian-Norwegian [[Himanshu Gulati]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/03/02/nyheter/islam/siv_jensen/fremskrittspartiet/innenriks/5103122/|title=Snikislamiserer Frp|work=[[Dagbladet]]|first=Gunnar|last=Thorenfeldt|date=9 March 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/partiene/fremskrittspartiet/article3088740.ece|title=Hva gjør disse i Fremskrittspartiet?|work=[[Aftenposten]]|first=Geir|last=Salvesen|date=24 May 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629124001/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/partiene/fremskrittspartiet/article3088740.ece|archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref>

=== Foreign policy ===
The Progress Party was for many years open to a [[referendum]] on [[Norway–European Union relations|Norwegian membership]] of the [[European Union]], although only if a majority of the public opinion was seen to favour it beforehand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: EU, EØS og Schengen|access-date=18 September 2010|language=no|publisher=Frp.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003125943/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=3 October 2010}}</ref> The party eventually grew to consider membership of Norway in the European Union to be a "non-issue", believing there to be no reason for a debate of a new referendum.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg-2009/artikkel.php?artid=564343|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|title=Siv: – EU-saken er en ikke-sak|first=Lars|last=Akerhaug|date=23 July 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> In 2016, the party officially adopted a position against Norwegian membership in the EU.<ref name="FrpEU"/>

The party regards [[NATO]] to be a positive basic element of Norway's defense, security and foreign policy. It also wants to strengthen [[transatlantic relations]] in general, and [[Norway's relationship with the United States]] more specifically.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} The party considers its international policy to "follow in the footsteps of [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frp.no/nor/The-Progress-Party/Who-we-are-Wer-sind-wir-Qui-nous-sommes-Sobre-nosotros |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923192848/http://www.frp.no/nor/The-Progress-Party/Who-we-are-Wer-sind-wir-Qui-nous-sommes-Sobre-nosotros |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 September 2013 |title=Vi beklager... |website=Frp.no |access-date=17 February 2016 }}</ref> The party has also expressed support for [[Ukraine]] since the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 full-scale Russian invasion]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Situasjonen i Ukraina: Dette mener FrP |url=https://www.frp.no/situasjonen-i-ukraina-dette-mener-frp |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=www.frp.no |language=nb}}</ref> which it reaffirmed on 1 March 2025, whilst calling for Norway to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norway rethinks €1.7 trillion sovereign fund to boost support for Ukraine - Euractiv |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/norway-rethinks-e1-7-trillion-sovereign-fund-to-boost-support-for-ukraine/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250303064248/https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/norway-rethinks-e1-7-trillion-sovereign-fund-to-boost-support-for-ukraine/ |archive-date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=www.euractiv.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Of all the major political parties in Norway, the Progress Party has shown the strongest support for [[Israel]]. In 2009, it  supported the right of Israel to defend itself against rocket attacks from [[Hamas]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Nyheter/Nytt_fra_Stortinget/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=42321|publisher=Frp.no|title=FrPs syn på konflikten i Midtøsten|date=9 January 2009|first=Lars Joakim|last=Hanssen|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929011009/http://www.frp.no/no/Nyheter/Nytt_fra_Stortinget/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=42321|archive-date=29 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was the only party in Norway which supported Israel through the [[Gaza War (2008–2009)|2008–2009 Gaza War]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.idag.no/ledere-oppslag.php3?ID=17825|work=[[Norge Idag]]|first=Finn Jarle|last=Sæle|author-link=Finn Jarle Sæle|date=29 June 2010|title=Den nye høyrebølgen|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726195457/http://www.idag.no/ledere-oppslag.php3?ID=17825|archive-date=26 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.klassekampen.no/55508/article/item/null|work=[[Klassekampen]]|title=Full tillit til Israel i Frp|date=6 January 2009|first=Christiane Jordheim|last=Larsen|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303052042/http://www.klassekampen.no/55508/article/item/null|archive-date=3 March 2010}}</ref> The party has for many years also wanted to [[Positions on Jerusalem|relocate the Norwegian embassy in Israel]] from [[Tel Aviv]] to [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=529145|work=[[Verdens Gang]] (NTB)|date=27 August 2008|title=Jensen vil flytte norsk ambassade til Jerusalem|access-date=9 October 2010|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenbladet.no/innenriks/politikk/article1156540.ece|work=[[Stavanger Aftenblad]]|date=5 February 2010|title=Hvorfor bør jeg velge Frp i stedet for Høyre?|access-date=9 October 2010|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825171327/http://www.aftenbladet.no/innenriks/politikk/article1156540.ece <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=25 August 2010}}</ref>

The party sees the most viable form of [[foreign aid]] policy to be for [[developing countries]] to gradually manage themselves without Western aid. It believes that [[free trade]] is the key for developing countries to gain economic growth, and that "the relationship between aid and development is at best unclear." The party is strongly critical of "forced contribution to government development aid through taxation", which it wants to limit, also as it believe this weakens the individual's personal sense of responsibility and generosity (voluntary aid). The party instead supports an increase in support for global health and vaccination initiatives against global epidemics such as HIV, AIDS and [[tuberculosis]], and to increase the support after emergencies and disasters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: Utviklingspolitikk|access-date=26 November 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203075801/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=3 December 2010}}</ref>