Political parties' financing
Updated: 16 August 2022
Next update: Not yet determined
| 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Total | Per cent | |
| Income, total | 824 669 035 | 100.0 |
| Government subsidy, total | 527 876 978 | 64.0 |
| Central government subsidy | 450 282 751 | 54.6 |
| Municipal/county subsidy | 66 479 283 | 8.1 |
| Other government subsidy | 11 114 944 | 1.3 |
| Own business, total | 157 596 734 | 19.1 |
| Membership fee | 75 090 792 | 9.1 |
| Income from lotteries and similar | 13 272 819 | 1.6 |
| Capital income | 19 544 010 | 2.4 |
| Business activity | 31 378 358 | 3.8 |
| Other income from own business | 18 310 755 | 2.2 |
| Contributions, total | 139 195 323 | 16.9 |
| Private contributions | 39 335 745 | 4.8 |
| Contributions from commercial enterprises | 30 185 566 | 3.7 |
| Contributions from employers' and labour organizations | 51 891 241 | 6.3 |
| Contributions from other | 17 782 771 | 2.2 |
Selected tables and figures from this statistics
- Funding of political parties by source and political party. NOKDownload table as ...Funding of political parties by source and political party. NOK1
Total Christian Democratic Party Liberal Party Socialist Left Party Labour Party Progress Party Conservative Party Centre Party Red Party The Pensioners' Party Democratic Party of Norway Green Party Communist Party of Norway The Christians The Health Party Folkeaksjonen Nei til mer bompenger 2021 Income, total 824 669 035 47 082 743 37 964 210 58 011 760 223 854 945 80 738 889 181 641 731 81 108 529 40 154 835 2 501 168 2 247 299 57 424 433 552 552 3 301 053 : 1 731 211 Government subsidy, total 527 876 978 27 156 401 23 746 465 33 848 127 139 247 099 66 501 831 119 735 391 61 157 930 22 249 598 2 132 224 1 050 169 25 614 538 43 126 1 185 355 : 1 662 928 Central government subsidy 450 282 751 21 666 724 21 279 645 29 192 161 116 635 822 60 844 195 105 418 053 49 549 268 15 581 554 1 647 529 885 894 22 497 695 43 126 1 156 463 : 1 507 299 Municipal/county subsidy 66 479 283 2 352 848 1 941 998 4 513 628 20 012 529 5 569 582 12 812 014 10 458 946 5 170 967 484 695 161 901 2 820 748 0 17 878 : 155 629 Other government subsidy 11 114 944 3 136 829 524 822 142 338 2 598 748 88 054 1 505 324 1 149 716 1 497 077 0 2 374 296 095 0 11 014 : 0 Own business, total 157 596 734 14 338 275 6 941 129 8 311 250 37 681 010 8 075 158 34 061 391 11 878 490 11 430 296 343 321 1 178 032 20 352 184 251 993 777 784 : 68 283 Membership fee 75 090 792 6 250 235 2 887 621 5 026 121 15 123 452 5 712 714 16 096 745 8 797 389 6 613 594 150 324 1 034 764 4 803 661 160 100 700 002 : 68 283 Income from lotteries and similar 13 272 819 1 964 619 775 493 7 955 3 176 380 1 952 640 832 956 258 844 3 831 515 77 487 132 202 12 663 2 880 41 157 : 0 Capital income 19 544 010 1 196 607 152 099 70 766 8 949 015 90 110 8 570 479 295 772 198 905 1 309 38 17 995 790 125 : 0 Business activity 31 378 358 1 850 254 1 274 901 1 677 714 9 686 108 103 558 1 133 552 1 323 136 361 252 74 961 1 000 13 825 245 66 677 0 : 0 Other income from own business 18 310 755 3 076 560 1 851 015 1 528 694 746 055 216 136 7 427 659 1 203 349 425 030 39 240 10 028 1 692 620 21 546 36 500 : 0 Contributions, total 139 195 323 5 588 067 7 276 616 15 852 383 46 926 836 6 161 900 27 844 949 8 072 109 6 474 941 25 623 19 098 11 457 711 257 433 1 337 914 : 0 Private contributions 39 335 745 1 089 435 1 974 216 6 106 512 4 603 881 98 056 8 382 941 810 790 4 157 291 22 623 9 273 9 025 000 224 054 1 068 018 : 0 Contributions from commercial enterprises 30 185 566 3 147 675 3 614 885 363 91 051 4 730 112 16 774 045 789 413 100 000 3 000 0 555 126 0 269 896 : 0 Contributions from employers' and labour organizations 51 891 241 0 0 8 622 385 37 100 856 0 2 000 5 900 000 266 000 0 0 0 0 0 : 0 Contributions, from other 17 782 771 1 350 957 1 687 515 1 123 123 5 131 048 1 333 732 2 685 963 571 906 1 951 650 0 9 825 1 877 585 33 379 0 : 0 1The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Funding of political parties by source of income and political party. Per centDownload table as ...Funding of political parties by source of income and political party. Per cent1
Total Christian Democratic Party Liberal Party Socialist Left Party Labour Party Progress Party Conservative Party Centre Party Red Party The Pensioners' Party Democratic Party of Norway Green Party Communist Party of Norway The Christians The Health Party Folkeaksjonen Nei til mer bompenger 2021 Income, total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : 100.0 Government subsidy, total 64.0 57.7 62.5 58.3 62.2 82.4 65.9 75.4 55.4 85.2 46.7 44.6 7.8 35.9 : 96.1 Central government subsidy 54.6 46.0 56.1 50.3 52.1 75.4 58.0 61.1 38.8 65.9 39.4 39.2 7.8 35.0 : 87.1 Municipal/county subsidy 8.1 5.0 5.1 7.8 8.9 6.9 7.1 12.9 12.9 19.4 7.2 4.9 0.0 0.5 : 9.0 Other government subsidy 1.3 6.7 1.4 0.2 1.2 0.1 0.8 1.4 3.7 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.3 : 0.0 Own business, total 19.1 30.5 18.3 14.3 16.8 10.0 18.8 14.6 28.5 13.7 52.4 35.4 45.6 23.6 : 3.9 Membership fee 9.1 13.3 7.6 8.7 6.8 7.1 8.9 10.8 16.5 6.0 46.0 8.4 29.0 21.2 : 3.9 Income from lotteries and similar 1.6 4.2 2.0 0.0 1.4 2.4 0.5 0.3 9.5 3.1 5.9 0.0 0.5 1.2 : 0.0 Capital income 2.4 2.5 0.4 0.1 4.0 0.1 4.7 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 : 0.0 Business activity 3.8 3.9 3.4 2.9 4.3 0.1 0.6 1.6 0.9 3.0 0.0 24.1 12.1 0.0 : 0.0 Other income from own business 2.2 6.5 4.9 2.6 0.3 0.3 4.1 1.5 1.1 1.6 0.4 2.9 3.9 1.1 : 0.0 Contributions, total 16.9 11.9 19.2 27.3 21.0 7.6 15.3 10.0 16.1 1.0 0.8 20.0 46.6 40.5 : 0.0 Private contributions 4.8 2.3 5.2 10.5 2.1 0.1 4.6 1.0 10.4 0.9 0.4 15.7 40.5 32.4 : 0.0 Contributions from commercial enterprises 3.7 6.7 9.5 0.0 0.0 5.9 9.2 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.0 8.2 : 0.0 Contributions from employers' and labour organizations 6.3 0.0 0.0 14.9 16.6 0.0 0.0 7.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 : 0.0 Contributions from other 2.1 2.8 4.4 1.9 2.3 1.7 1.5 0.7 4.9 0.0 0.4 3.3 6.0 0.0 : 0.0 1The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Party financing, accounts per political party. NOKDownload table as ...Party financing, accounts per political party. NOK1
2021 Total Christian Democratic Party Liberal Party Socialist Left Party Labour Party Progress Party Conservative Party Centre Party Red Party The Pensioners' Party Democratic Party of Norway Green Party Communist Party of Norway The Christians The Health Party Folkeaksjonen Nei til mer bompenger Income, total 824 669 035 47 082 743 37 964 210 58 011 760 223 854 945 80 738 889 181 641 731 81 108 529 40 154 835 2 501 168 2 247 299 57 424 433 552 552 3 301 053 : 1 731 211 Government subsidy, total 527 876 978 27 156 401 23 746 465 33 848 127 139 247 099 66 501 831 119 735 391 61 157 930 22 249 598 2 132 224 1 050 169 25 614 538 43 126 1 185 355 : 1 662 928 Own business, total 157 596 734 14 338 275 6 941 129 8 311 250 37 681 010 8 075 158 34 061 391 11 878 490 11 430 296 343 321 1 178 032 20 352 184 251 993 777 784 : 68 283 Contributions, total 139 195 323 5 588 067 7 276 616 15 852 383 46 926 836 6 161 900 27 844 949 8 072 109 6 474 941 25 623 19 098 11 457 711 257 433 1 337 914 : 0 Total costs 883 795 809 55 234 406 49 691 371 59 689 399 231 499 345 94 380 397 171 733 821 91 033 388 42 459 288 2 368 327 2 513 177 69 882 611 631 075 2 946 668 : 2 646 469 Salary costs 329 735 960 21 587 507 19 301 633 24 427 243 92 997 400 26 492 143 60 695 731 36 246 946 16 155 912 112 062 159 740 29 739 900 0 698 361 : 770 726 Other operating costs 552 169 338 33 629 477 30 288 368 35 022 524 137 774 221 67 720 619 110 545 421 54 745 960 26 260 820 2 251 358 2 352 582 40 107 858 629 584 2 246 912 : 1 870 449 Finance costs 1 890 511 17 422 101 370 239 632 727 724 167 635 492 669 40 482 42 556 4 907 855 34 853 1 491 1 395 : 5 294 Result -59 126 774 -8 151 663 -11 727 161 -1 677 639 -7 644 400 -13 641 508 9 907 910 -9 924 859 -2 304 453 132 841 -265 878 -12 458 178 -78 523 354 385 : -915 258 1The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Party financing, accounts per political party. Per cent.,Download table as ...Party financing, accounts per political party. Per cent.,1
2021 Total Christian Democratic Party Liberal Party Socialist Left Party Labour Party Progress Party Conservative Party Centre Party Red Party The Pensioners' Party Democratic Party of Norway Green Party Communist Party of Norway The Christians The Health Party Folkeaksjonen Nei til mer bompenger Income, total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : 100.0 Government subsidy, total 64.0 57.7 62.5 58.3 62.2 82.4 65.9 75.4 55.4 85.2 46.7 44.6 7.8 35.9 : 96.1 Own business, total 19.1 30.5 18.3 14.3 16.8 10.0 18.8 14.6 28.5 13.7 52.4 35.4 45.6 23.6 : 3.9 Contributions, total 16.9 11.9 19.2 27.3 21.0 7.6 15.3 10.0 16.1 1.0 0.8 20.0 46.6 40.5 : 0.0 Total costs 107.2 117.3 130.9 102.9 103.4 116.9 94.5 112.2 105.7 94.7 111.8 121.7 114.2 89.3 : 152.9 Salary costs 40.0 45.9 50.8 42.1 41.5 32.8 33.4 44.7 40.2 4.5 7.1 51.8 0.0 21.2 : 44.5 Other operating costs 67.0 71.4 79.8 60.4 61.5 83.9 60.9 67.5 65.4 90.0 104.7 69.8 113.9 68.1 : 108.0 Finance costs 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 : 0.3 Result -7.2 -17.3 -30.9 -2.9 -3.4 -16.9 5.5 -12.2 -5.7 5.3 -11.8 -21.7 -14.2 10.7 : -52.9 1The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Funding of political parties, cost accounts by activity and political party. NOKDownload table as ...Funding of political parties, cost accounts by activity and political party. NOK1 2
2021 Total cost by activity Administration costs General political party activity¿s costs Election campaign¿s costs Total 883 872 751 361 327 827 252 287 644 270 257 280 Christian Democratic Party 55 234 409 25 741 364 13 444 332 16 048 713 Liberal Party 49 691 361 24 148 488 6 499 049 19 043 824 Socialist Left Party 59 689 390 27 723 540 9 469 682 22 496 168 Labour Party 231 493 126 88 774 793 81 051 436 61 666 897 Progress Party 94 463 717 20 689 804 33 608 724 40 165 189 Conservative Party 171 733 688 112 549 173 33 999 041 25 185 474 Centre Party 91 033 387 22 843 772 45 302 328 22 887 287 Red Party 42 459 301 16 195 685 10 966 022 15 297 594 The Pensioners' Party 2 368 327 555 625 400 885 1 411 817 Democratic Party of Norway 2 513 176 375 275 957 005 1 180 896 Green Party 69 882 608 18 326 003 14 082 812 37 473 793 Communist Party of Norway 631 078 295 984 260 296 74 798 The Christians 2 946 668 747 065 1 067 365 1 132 238 The Health Party : : : : Folkeaksjonen Nei til mer bompenger 2 646 469 1 376 862 64 410 1 205 197 1Costs by activity comprise total costs. According to the Political Parties Act total costs shall be divided by type and by activity. The table 5 presents income, costs by type and result. This table (11319) presents costs divided by main activity groups. The total can differ from total costs by type due to non-consistent data from the political party units. Further information see “About the statistics”. 2The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Central government subsidy by poltical party. NOKDownload table as ...Central government subsidy by poltical party. NOK1 2
2021 Total Of which youth's poltical organisations Total 470 384 252 29 362 013 Christian Democratic Party 22 629 934 1 276 902 Liberal Party 22 503 012 1 127 557 Socialist Left Party 30 719 212 1 825 843 Labour Party 118 767 900 7 802 262 Progress Party 62 028 973 3 243 178 Conservative Party 106 924 439 6 737 003 Centre Party 54 567 752 4 165 029 Red Party 16 738 287 1 063 060 Democratic Party of Norway 903 411 . Coastal Party 294 400 7 186 The Pensioners' Party 2 683 172 . Green Party 23 710 080 1 989 168 Communist Party of Norway 59 925 2 106 The Pirate Party of Norway 457 631 9 775 The Christians 1 506 133 25 340 The Health Party 1 362 174 30 109 Folkeaksjonen Nei til mer bompenger 3 494 743 . 1The table incudes all units of political parties which have sent either a full report or a statement according the annual income received. For those units which have reported an income less than NOK 12 000 except government subsidies, the amounts used in the table are according to information received from the County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane or from the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation. The County Governor disburses the governmental funding on municipal and county level, the Ministry to the central organisations. For those units which have reported that mentioned income exceeded the amount of NOK 12 000, the amount reported from the unit itself has been used. 2The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
Income and costs are shown, based on the annual accounts of political parties at municipal, county and central level, including youth organisations at central and county level, which have an obligation to report accounts under the Political Party Act. Approximately 95 per cent of the total income of all parties is covered.
Registered political party
A political party that is registered in the Party register at the Brønnøysund Register Centre according to the regulation in the Party Act, ref. § 3, http://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/2005-06-17-102.
Central government subsidy
Funding according to the Party Act § 11.
Municipal/county subsidy
Additional funding on a voluntary basis from the county or the municipality.
Other public subsidy
Other public funding not covered by central government subsidy or municipal/county subsidy.
Membership fee
The total income from membership fees.
Income from lotteries, fund-raising events and similar
Income from lotteries, fund-raising events and similar.
Capital income
Income from interest and stock dividends etc. excluding uncollected gains. Unrealised gains are not to be entered as gains according to the accounting principles of the Political Party Act. Financial assets are to be entered at purchase cost as long as they are not realised.
Income from business activity
Income from own business activity. This includes, among other things, income from the sale of advertisement effects.
Other income from own business
All income not covered by membership fees, income from lotteries, fund-raising events and similar, capital income or income from business activity.
Private contributions
Includes all gifts of money from private donors and all other non-monetary contributions from the same donors when the limit for identifying the contributors is exceeded.
Contributions from commercial enterprises
Includes all gifts of money made by commercial enterprises and all other non-monetary contributions from the same donors when the limit for identifying the contribution.
Name: Political parties' financing
Topic: Elections
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Country
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The reports from the political party units are to be made public individually according to the Political Parties Act § 22. The reports will be published on the website of the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, see www.partifinansiering.no.
The statistics were published for the first time in 2006. This publication is based on registered parties’ reports on their financial situation for the fiscal year 2017. According to the Political Parties Act, all organisational levels of the registered political parties are obliged to report to a central register. The statistics are published on the basis of these reports.
The Political Parties Act was revised on 1 February 2013. For 2013 and previous years, the political parties' organisations should only report on income.
The statistics have a wide spectrum of users and applications, such as the mass media, research institutions, educational establishments, political parties and individuals.
No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 8 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given in the Statistics Release Calendar. This is one of Statistics Norway’s key principles for ensuring that all users are treated equally.
Statistics on election campaign contribution which is published every second year in connection with elections (https://www.ssb.no/en/valg/statistikker/valgkamp).
Political Parties Act §§ 18, 19, 20, 20a, 20b, 21 and Statistics Act §§ 10
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The data collection includes all organisational levels of the registered political parties in Norway, i.e. central, county and municipal level, as well as the central youth levels and the youth organisations at county level. The unit in the statistics is political parties.
According to the Political Parties Act § 18, the party organisations (units) with an income below a certain level excluding government subsidy are exempt from comprehensive reporting. These party units must submit a statement confirming that their income does not exceed the specified level. All other political party organisations have to report the full annual accounts, i.e. incomes, cost and balance sheet. The reports from the organisations exceeding the limit represent the basis for the statistics but for those parties where the number of reporting units is less than three.
The Political Parties Act was revised on 1 February 2013, setting the limit at NOK 12 000 with effect from the fiscal year of 2013. The previous year’s limit was NOK 10 000.
Parties Act. This register is held by Statistics Norway, cf. § 2-1 of the secondary act to the Political Parties Act. The register includes the reports from all registered parties at municipal, county and central Level, including youth organisations at central and county level. The central political parties have to be registered in the Political Party Register as part of the Brønnøysund Register Centre.
The Party Finance Register also contains a summary of all donors that, during the fiscal year, contributed money or gifts exceeding NOK 12 000 to parties at municipal level, NOK 23 000 to parties at county level and NOK 35 000 to parties at central level according to the revised act of 1 February 2013 (the previous levels were NOK 10 000, NOK 20 000 and NOK 30 000 respectively). This also applies to sponsors and creditors. Donors with whom the party organisation has entered into a written political or commercial agreement are to be identified independent of the amount donated.
Total count.
No additional sources to the Party Finance Register.
The questionnaire is prepared by Statistics Norway. The information is collected electronically through Altinn (the Norwegian public reporting portal) and a specific questionnaire (RA-0604). A few of the units have responded by returning a signed printed version of the Altinn questionnaire that have been handled manually.
The information is published in the same form as it is received by the Party Finance Register. Neither the registrar nor Statistics Norway, as the producer of the statistics, carries out any revisions of the data except for obvious errors in the reported data after consulting the respondent.
The statistical information is a calculation of income and cost summaries from the various organisational levels to the degree that the parties are required to report according to the Political Parties Act.
The statistics do not include internal transfers within the different political parties, neither as income nor as cost, since they balance each other in total, and would thus give an inflated amount. Neither are the balances of the units consolidated, and are thus not published as statistics. There is no statutory requirement for internal liabilities or debts to be specified or reported. Furthermore, there may be a large number of units that are included in the sample which have such liabilities and/or debts towards units not included. Thus, consolidation of the balance sheets would be misleading.
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The statistics were first published in 2006 (for the fiscal year 2005), and have since been published annually.
The revision of the Political Parties Act on 1 February 2013 entails a break in the homogeneity according to the organisations that are obliged to report comprehensively. For the years 2005 to 2012, all organisations with income except government subsidies of NOK 10 000 and more were obliged to report fully. For the fiscal year 2013 and later the limit was increased to NOK 12 000. The income of the political party organisations will differ over the years, especially between election and non-election years. Thus the number of organisations reporting comprehensively will depend on natural and formal changes. This may have an impact on the values published in the statistics.
The statistics for 2019 were based on reports from 883 units. For 2018, the statistics were based on 705 units (for 2017 766 units, 716 units in 2016, 781 units in 2015, 685 units in 2014, 693 units for 2013 and 634 units for 2012).
The data is reported by the units to the central register on forms submitted electronically. Different categories for entering the income, cost and balance sheet items are given in the form, including a category for party internal income transfers. Errors may occur when the different items are entered in the wrong category.
The Act requires gross revenues and costs to be reported. This means that revenue that is earmarked to cover specific costs or is to be transferred internally to other units within the same party must first be recognised as income and then as a cost (transfer to others) by the unit that originally received the amount. The amount shall be entered as income in an internal transfer by the units that have received such monies. Some units of the parties may have recorded such amounts as reimbursements, and reported the net amount, thus both the revenue and cost figures will be too low.
As an illustration, membership fees have been booked and reported at net value by some of the central political parties that received the fee from their members in 2013. A considerable part of the total was transferred to the local units. Due to the net booking, the membership fee reported for 2013 is too low and the increase in 2014 is misleading and too high. From 2015 and forward data may indicate that this error is reduced compared with 2014 and previous years.
The Political Party Act requires that all costs are divided by type and by activity. The cost shall be classified in two different ways. The total costs by type differ from total costs by activity due to non-consistent data from some of the political party units. Overall, the costs by activity are 0.12 per cent less than total costs by type.
The change in equity from 1 January to 31 December differs in some cases from the reported result. In some few cases, this may be due to capital contribution or withdrawal only booked in the balance - in contrast to the regulations by law. The change in equity may indicate that the cost should be 0,6 per cent lower or the income correspondingly higher in 2016 than reported.
Furthermore, some units have not reported at all, in spite of the obligation according to the Act. Thus, some units that should have reported full annual accounts according to the Act may not be included in the data. Imputations are not calculated and implemented to statistically compensate these errors.
Statistics Norway does not hold financial data for political parties with an income below the reporting limit according to the Political Parties Act. Thus, the accounts reported in these statistics are lower than the actual level. Neither governmental subsidies to, nor other income or costs of these parties are included in the statistics if not explicitly mentioned.
