Editing Progress Party (Norway) (section)

=== Anders Lange's Party ===
[[File:Anders Lange 1930s.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Anders Lange]], founder of the party]]
The Progress Party was founded at a meeting at the movie theater ''Saga Kino'' in [[Oslo]] on 8 April 1973,<ref name="kinos">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/magasinet/2003/04/08/365941.html|title=I kinosalens mørke|trans-title=In the darkness of the movie theater|work=[[Dagbladet]]|first=Astrid|last=Meland|date=8 April 2003|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> attended by around 1,345 people.<ref name="kinos"/> An address speech was held by [[Anders Lange]], after whom the party was named the '''Anders Lange's Party for a Strong Reduction in Taxes, Duties and Public Intervention''', commonly known as '''Anders Lange's Party''' ('''ALP''').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/filestore/Introduction_To_The_Progress_Party.pdf|title=Ideology and Principles of the Progress Party|publisher=FrP.no|access-date=11 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716202346/http://www.frp.no/filestore/Introduction_To_The_Progress_Party.pdf|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref> Lange had some political experience from the interwar era [[Fatherland League (Norway)|Fatherland League]] and was part of the [[Norwegian resistance movement]] during the [[Second World War]].<ref name="kinos"/> Since the end of the war, he had worked as an [[Independent politician|independent]] [[right-wing]] political editor and public speaker.<ref name="kinos"/> Lange held his first public speech as chairman of ALP at [[Youngstorget]] in Oslo on 16 May the same year. ALP was to a large extent inspired by the Danish [[Progress Party (Denmark)|Progress Party]],<ref>{{Cite news |last= Stanghelle |first= Harald |author-link= Harald Stanghelle |title= De oversettes opprør |trans-title= The rebellion of the neglected |url= http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kommentatorer/stanghelle/article3799502.ece |work= Aftenposten |language= no |date= 6 September 2010 |access-date= 7 September 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100909000746/http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kommentatorer/stanghelle/article3799502.ece |archive-date= 9 September 2010 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> which was founded by [[Mogens Glistrup]]. Glistrup also spoke at the event, which gathered around 4,000 attendees.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.retriever-info.com/proxy/?id=055016197305163VcLLf3AAq9p3An1yv0Vdroh100201010614&x=8a09a9f9cfa6d7ac5a348db74ea9523f|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|date=16 May 1973|title=Andre toner på Youngstorget|trans-title=Different tones at Youngstorget|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref>

Originally, Anders Lange wanted the party to be an anti-tax protest movement rather than a common political party. The party had a brief political platform on a single sheet of paper that on one side listed ten things the party was "tired of", and on the other side ten things that they were in favour of.{{Sfn|Arter|1999|p=105}} The protest was directed against what Lange claimed to be an unacceptable high level of taxes and [[subsidy|subsidies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://virksommeord.uib.no/taler?id=103|title=Anders Lange's speech at Saga Kino, 8 April 1973|publisher=Virksomme Ord|access-date=11 November 2009|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230050802/http://virksommeord.uib.no/taler?id=103|archive-date=30 December 2010}}</ref> In the [[1973 Norwegian parliamentary election|1973 parliamentary election]], the party won 5% of the vote and gained four seats in the [[Stortinget|Norwegian parliament]]. The main reasons for the success has later been seen by scholars as a mixture of tax protests, the charisma of Anders Lange, the role of television, the aftermath of the [[1972 Norwegian European Communities membership referendum|1972 European Community membership referendum]] and the political development in Denmark.{{Sfn|Jungar|Jupskås|2010|p=5}} The first party conference was held in [[Hjelmeland]] in 1974, where the party established its first political conventions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svelvik-frp.no/websider/historie.htm|title=Fremskrittspartets historie|trans-title=History of the Progress Party|publisher=Svelvik FrP|date=30 April 2003|last=Sandnes|first=Børge|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724184523/http://www.svelvik-frp.no/websider/historie.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>