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The Free Democrats (Norwegian: Fridemokratene) is a political organization formed by former members of the Progress Party of Norway in 1994.
The 1993 election saw the support of the Progress Party (6.3 percent and 10 representatives) halved.[citation needed] After the 1994 Progress Party national convention several representatives of the "libertarian wing" broke out and founded a party more ideologically consistently libertarian, the Free Democrats.[citation needed] Four of the defectors were MPs, and formed an independent group in Parliament of Norway.[citation needed]
Its first leader Ellen Christine Christiansen was among the four MPs, and also served in Oslo city council until 1995.[1]
In the Norwegian county elections, 1995 the party received 1,932 votes, 0.09% of the votes. The Free Democrats no longer participate in elections and function merely as a think tank and organization for Norwegian libertarians, regardless of their political allegiance.[citation needed] People associated with the Free Democrats also founded the online newspaper Liberaleren.[citation needed]
According to its webpage, its main policies are:[2]