Editing Progress Party (Norway) (section)

=== 2006–2021: Siv Jensen ===
[[File:Siv Jensen-14.jpg|thumb|upright|Siv Jensen, leader of the Progress Party from 2006 to 2021]]

In 2006, after 27 years as leader of the party, Hagen stepped down to become Vice President of the Norwegian parliament [[Stortinget]]. Siv Jensen was chosen as his successor, with the hope that she could increase the party's appeal to voters, build bridges to centre-right parties, and head or participate in a future government of Norway. Following the [[2007 Norwegian local elections|local elections of 2007]], Progress Party candidates became mayor in 17 municipalities, seven of these continuing on from 2003. Deputy mayors for the party however decreased to 33.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Mot_oss/Historie//|publisher=FrP.no|title=Fremskrittspartiets historie: 2007 Eksamen for ordførere|access-date=17 February 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125145458/http://www.frp.no/no/Mot_oss/Historie/|archive-date=25 November 2009}}</ref> The party in general strongly increased its support in municipalities where the mayor had been elected from the Progress Party in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg/val_2007/1.3439409|work=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|publisher=www.nrk.no|title=Brakvalg for Frp-ordførere|trans-title=Good election for FrP majors|date=11 September 2009|first=Kristian|last=Elster|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref>

In the months before the [[2009 Norwegian parliamentary election|2009 parliamentary elections]], the party had, as in the 2001 election, rated very highly in opinion poll results which however declined towards the actual election. Earlier in the year, the Progress Party had achieved above 30% in some polls which made it the largest party by several percentage points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/politikk/valg09/partibarometeret-2677103.html|title=Partibarometeret| date=16 April 2009 |publisher=[[TV 2 (Norway)|TV2]]|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> With such high gains, the election result was in this case relatively disappointing. Before the election the gains continued to decrease, with most of these losses going to the [[Conservative Party of Norway|Conservative Party]] which had a surprisingly successful campaign.<ref>{{cite news|title=Norway Keeps Leftists in Power |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/world/europe/16norway.html?_r=1|access-date=27 August 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=15 September 2009|first=Walter|last=Gibbs}}</ref> The decline in support over a longer period of time can also be seen as the Labour Party was since 2008 accused of "stealing" policies from the Progress Party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8008364.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=BBC News|title=Islam a political target in Norway|first=Thomas |last=Buch-Andersen  |location=Oslo|date=20 April 2009|access-date=8 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/skole/klippdetalj?topic=nrk:klipp/417439|publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]] |title=FrP og framgangen (4:47 min)|access-date=2 April 2010|language=no}}</ref> The Progress Party did, regardless, achieve a slight gain from the 2005 election with 22.9%, the best election result in the party's history. It also for the first time got represented in the [[Sami Parliament of Norway]] [[2009 Norwegian Sami parliamentary election|in 2009]], with three representatives.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sami_radio/valg_2009_sami_radio/1.6776708|title=– Vi har gjort et brakvalg|publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=15 September 2009|first=Åse|last=Pulk|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> This made it the fourth largest party in the Sami parliament, and second largest of the nationwide parties. In the 2009 [[School Election Project|informal school elections]], it became the largest party in Norway with 24% of the votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samfunnsveven.no/skolevalg/resultat/landsoversikt|title=Skolevalg 2009|publisher=[[Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste|NSD Samfunnsveven]]|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|archive-date=19 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819194852/http://www.samfunnsveven.no/skolevalg/resultat/landsoversikt|url-status=dead}}</ref>

While other parties before had refused the Progress Party's efforts to join governing coalitions at the national level owing to concerns about the party's alleged populism and positions on immigration issues,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article1385835.ece|title=Stiller Frp-ultimatum|work=[[Aftenposten]]|first=Lars Nehru|last=Sand|date=12 July 2006|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629143845/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article1385835.ece|archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref>{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=148}} after the election the Conservative Party stated they wanted to be "a bridge between the Progress Party and the centre."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3732939.ece|work=[[Aftenposten]]|title=Ingen ny regjering uten Frp|date=15 July 2010|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718065810/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3732939.ece|archive-date=18 July 2010}}</ref> The position arose as the Progress Party vowed to not support any government coalition that it itself was not a part of,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.klassekampen.no/53399/article/item/null|title=Ernas umulige prosjekt|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|work=[[Klassekampen]]|date=24 April 2008|first=Anders|last=Horn|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135248/http://www.klassekampen.no/53399/article/item/null|archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> while centrist parties rejected participating in a government coalition together with the party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg/valg_2009/1.6749065|title=Rungende nei til Frp|date=7 September 2009|publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|first=Linda|last=Bjørgan|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vl.no/samfunn/article4293061.ece|title=Nei til Frp-samarbeid|date=28 April 2009|work=[[Vårt Land (Norwegian newspaper)|Vårt Land]]|first=Rebekka|last=Joswig|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430082551/http://www.vl.no/samfunn/article4293061.ece|archive-date=30 April 2009}}</ref>

Since early 2010, opinion polls regularly showed a majority support for the Progress Party and Conservative Party together.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=10005031|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|title=Rent flertall for Høyre og Frp i april|date=3 May 2010|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dn.no/forsiden/politikkSamfunn/article1926654.ece|work=[[Dagens Næringsliv]] |title=Blåblått flertall i juni|date=29 June 2010|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/politikk/valg09/partibarometeret-2677103.html|work=[[TV 2 (Norway)|TV 2]]|title=Partibarometeret| date=16 April 2009 |language=no|access-date=15 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=10012789|work=Verdens Gang|title=Ap mindre enn både Høyre og Frp |date=23 December 2010|access-date=23 December 2010|language=no}}</ref> The Progress Party however saw a strong setback for the [[2011 Norwegian local elections|2011 local elections]]. The party lost 6% in vote share, while the Conservative Party gained 9%. According to political scientists, most of the setback could be explained by a low turnout of Progress Party supporters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg/valg2011/1.7789682|publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|title=Frp mot sitt dårligste valg på 16 år|first=Oddvin|last=Aune|date=12 September 2011|access-date=13 September 2011|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/09/13/nyheter/politikk/valg_2011/valg11/innenriks/18103556/|work=[[Dagbladet]]|title=Utøya-effekten ble at Frp-velgerne satt i sofaen|first=Harald S.|last=Klungtveit|date=13 September 2011|access-date=13 September 2011|language=no}}</ref>
[[File:Regjeringen Solberg 2018-01-17-7629.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Solberg's Cabinet]] in 2018]]

In coalition with the [[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservative Party]], the party won the [[2013 Norwegian parliamentary election|2013 parliamentary election]] and helped form its first ever government, the [[Solberg's Cabinet]], although the Progress Party itself lost seats and is now the third largest party instead of the second largest.<ref>{{cite news |title=Norway election: Erna Solberg to form new government |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24014551 |work=BBC News |date=9 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Orange |first=Richard |title=Populists left out of new Norway government |url=https://www.thelocal.no/20131016/populists-left-out-of-new-norway-gov/ |access-date=11 February 2021 |work=[[The Local]] |date=16 October 2013}}</ref> The parties won renewed support for the government in the [[2017 Norwegian parliamentary election|2017 parliamentary election]], which was expanded to include the centrist [[Liberal Party (Norway)|Liberal Party]] and the [[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democratic Party]] in 2018.

The Progress Party withdrew from the government coalition in January 2020. The cause of the withdrawal was repatriation to Norway of a Norwegian citizen who volunteered in the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]]. The position of the Progress Party was that no such person should receive assistance to return to Norway. The Solberg cabinet undertook the repatriation despite the protests from the Progress Party, over what they considered humanitarian considerations.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/frp-gar-ut-av-regjering-1.14867637|title=Frp går ut av regjering|last=Krekling|first=David Vojislav|date=20 January 2020|website=NRK|language=nb-NO|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref>