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Political parties' financing
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.
Selected figures from these statistics
- Funding of political parties, total all political parties by source of income. NOK and per centDownload table as ...Funding of political parties, total all political parties by source of income. NOK and per cent
2025 Total Per cent Income, total 1 046 991 741 100.0 Government subsidy, total 634 983 398 60.6 Central government subsidy 542 143 206 51.8 Municipal/county subsidy 76 638 229 7.3 Other government subsidy 16 201 963 1.5 Own business, total 194 879 864 18.6 Membership fee 71 585 245 6.8 Income from lotteries and similar 17 184 920 1.6 Capital income 46 998 645 4.5 Business activity 24 767 358 2.4 Other income from own business 34 343 696 3.3 Contributions, total 217 128 479 20.7 Private contributions 50 702 578 4.8 Contributions from commercial enterprises 58 806 619 5.6 Contributions from employers' and labour organizations 65 874 333 6.3 Contributions from other 41 744 949 4.0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - 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 Welfare and Innovation Party Folkets parti 2025 Income, total 1 046 991 741 63 381 313 63 530 488 77 949 267 270 015 403 116 411 675 211 678 272 103 276 267 55 160 329 3 506 523 6 201 014 56 640 638 725 044 4 339 913 1 183 398 .. Government subsidy, total 634 983 398 34 173 527 31 231 768 48 751 603 159 239 520 72 837 613 141 385 918 71 471 317 30 992 279 2 700 993 4 538 614 29 567 732 104 552 1 811 315 798 942 .. Central government subsidy 542 143 206 24 654 556 28 191 821 42 144 989 133 118 678 63 449 222 119 172 201 64 421 993 27 040 112 2 375 978 4 430 408 25 856 633 61 877 1 657 315 798 942 .. Municipal/county subsidy 76 638 229 2 445 005 2 568 993 6 538 574 22 236 390 9 323 072 20 243 834 6 099 001 3 645 722 317 515 61 539 2 352 685 42 675 154 000 0 .. Other government subsidy 16 201 963 7 073 966 470 954 68 040 3 884 452 65 319 1 969 883 950 323 306 445 7 500 46 667 1 358 414 0 0 0 .. Own business, total 194 879 864 13 122 671 11 535 707 10 223 470 48 149 747 17 895 689 43 106 550 21 657 390 14 872 160 791 624 1 379 282 7 797 727 361 285 1 217 320 104 456 .. Membership fee 71 585 245 7 060 818 3 224 096 4 873 062 12 402 984 6 473 346 14 668 763 6 444 344 7 465 121 582 217 635 713 4 556 308 162 800 1 020 275 76 584 .. Income from lotteries and similar 17 184 920 2 257 933 797 253 187 547 2 638 641 3 259 127 1 346 529 695 895 5 649 080 70 744 147 4 422 13 453 96 894 0 .. Capital income 46 998 645 567 200 2 670 480 1 364 182 17 411 991 4 206 319 19 067 245 1 243 136 102 033 20 523 1 607 123 352 174 513 425 0 .. Business activity 24 767 358 2 831 326 1 205 986 881 685 10 393 630 13 289 1 505 104 3 820 502 262 781 73 943 718 820 2 861 193 8 208 0 0 .. Other income from own business 34 343 696 405 394 3 637 892 2 916 994 5 302 501 3 943 608 6 518 909 9 453 513 1 393 145 44 197 22 995 252 452 2 311 99 726 27 872 .. Contributions, total 217 128 479 16 085 115 20 763 013 18 974 194 62 626 136 25 678 373 27 185 804 10 147 560 9 295 890 13 906 283 118 19 275 179 259 207 1 311 278 280 000 .. Private contributions 50 702 578 2 640 030 4 622 758 6 016 337 4 955 478 2 002 271 5 450 662 1 011 125 4 644 758 1 200 133 118 16 570 549 233 007 307 247 0 .. Contributions from commercial enterprises 58 806 619 10 262 366 13 325 357 202 626 1 077 672 12 254 257 18 301 549 431 604 25 000 12 706 100 000 415 182 0 176 000 0 .. Contributions from employers' and labour organizations 65 874 333 0 14 844 10 881 041 47 612 043 61 130 26 000 5 264 761 1 928 005 0 0 86 509 0 0 0 .. Contributions, from other 41 744 949 3 182 719 2 800 054 1 874 190 8 980 943 11 360 715 3 407 593 3 440 070 2 698 127 0 50 000 2 202 939 26 200 828 031 280 000 .. 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 Welfare and Innovation Party Folkets parti 2025 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 60.6 53.9 49.2 62.5 59.0 62.6 66.8 69.2 56.2 77.0 73.2 52.2 14.4 41.7 67.5 .. Central government subsidy 51.8 38.9 44.4 54.1 49.3 54.5 56.3 62.4 49.0 67.8 71.4 45.7 8.5 38.2 67.5 .. Municipal/county subsidy 7.3 3.9 4.0 8.4 8.2 8.0 9.6 5.9 6.6 9.1 1.0 4.2 5.9 3.5 0.0 .. Other government subsidy 1.5 11.2 0.7 0.1 1.4 0.1 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.8 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. Own business, total 18.6 20.7 18.2 13.1 17.8 15.4 20.4 21.0 27.0 22.6 22.2 13.8 49.8 28.0 8.8 .. Membership fee 6.8 11.1 5.1 6.3 4.6 5.6 6.9 6.2 13.5 16.6 10.3 8.0 22.5 23.5 6.5 .. Income from lotteries and similar 1.6 3.6 1.3 0.2 1.0 2.8 0.6 0.7 10.2 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.2 0.0 .. Capital income 4.5 0.9 4.2 1.8 6.4 3.6 9.0 1.2 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.2 24.1 0.0 0.0 .. Business activity 2.4 4.5 1.9 1.1 3.8 0.0 0.7 3.7 0.5 2.1 11.6 5.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 .. Other income from own business 3.3 0.6 5.7 3.7 2.0 3.4 3.1 9.2 2.5 1.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 2.3 2.4 .. Contributions, total 20.7 25.4 32.7 24.3 23.2 22.1 12.8 9.8 16.9 0.4 4.6 34.0 35.8 30.2 23.7 .. Private contributions 4.8 4.2 7.3 7.7 1.8 1.7 2.6 1.0 8.4 0.0 2.1 29.3 32.1 7.1 0.0 .. Contributions from commercial enterprises 5.6 16.2 21.0 0.3 0.4 10.5 8.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 1.6 0.7 0.0 4.1 0.0 .. Contributions from employers' and labour organizations 6.3 0.0 0.0 14.0 17.6 0.1 0.0 5.1 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. Contributions from other 4.0 5.0 4.4 2.4 3.3 9.7 1.6 3.3 4.9 0.0 0.8 3.9 3.6 19.1 23.7 .. 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
2025 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 Welfare and Innovation Party Folkets parti Income, total 1 046 991 741 63 381 313 63 530 488 77 949 267 270 015 403 116 411 675 211 678 272 103 276 267 55 160 329 3 506 523 6 201 014 56 640 638 725 044 4 339 913 1 183 398 .. Government subsidy, total 634 983 398 34 173 527 31 231 768 48 751 603 159 239 520 72 837 613 141 385 918 71 471 317 30 992 279 2 700 993 4 538 614 29 567 732 104 552 1 811 315 798 942 .. Own business, total 194 879 864 13 122 671 11 535 707 10 223 470 48 149 747 17 895 689 43 106 550 21 657 390 14 872 160 791 624 1 379 282 7 797 727 361 285 1 217 320 104 456 .. Contributions, total 217 128 479 16 085 115 20 763 013 18 974 194 62 626 136 25 678 373 27 185 804 10 147 560 9 295 890 13 906 283 118 19 275 179 259 207 1 311 278 280 000 .. Total costs 1 099 071 787 74 632 239 78 646 623 85 794 064 271 207 971 136 082 679 197 276 764 109 034 404 50 620 529 3 702 028 6 797 754 64 652 847 942 025 5 064 546 1 113 191 .. Salary costs 362 728 490 25 493 443 24 088 958 33 405 933 98 868 323 19 968 869 72 348 288 37 251 569 22 408 889 736 434 880 053 25 521 939 0 1 061 989 27 130 .. Other operating costs 732 981 845 48 580 040 54 432 254 52 271 952 171 217 749 116 040 790 124 259 132 71 327 827 28 073 557 2 941 738 5 909 683 39 097 986 930 455 3 998 557 1 086 005 .. Finance costs 3 361 452 558 756 125 411 116 179 1 121 899 73 020 669 344 455 008 138 083 23 856 8 018 32 922 11 570 4 000 56 .. Result -52 080 046 -11 250 926 -15 116 135 -7 844 797 -1 192 568 -19 671 004 14 401 508 -5 758 137 4 539 800 -195 505 -596 740 -8 012 209 -216 981 -724 633 70 207 .. 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
2025 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 Welfare and Innovation Party Folkets parti 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 60.6 53.9 49.2 62.5 59.0 62.6 66.8 69.2 56.2 77.0 73.2 52.2 14.4 41.7 67.5 .. Own business, total 18.6 20.7 18.2 13.1 17.8 15.4 20.4 21.0 27.0 22.6 22.2 13.8 49.8 28.0 8.8 .. Contributions, total 20.7 25.4 32.7 24.3 23.2 22.1 12.8 9.8 16.9 0.4 4.6 34.0 35.8 30.2 23.7 .. Total costs 105.0 117.8 123.8 110.1 100.4 116.9 93.2 105.6 91.8 105.6 109.6 114.1 129.9 116.7 94.1 .. Salary costs 34.6 40.2 37.9 42.9 36.6 17.2 34.2 36.1 40.6 21.0 14.2 45.1 0.0 24.5 2.3 .. Other operating costs 70.0 76.6 85.7 67.1 63.4 99.7 58.7 69.1 50.9 83.9 95.3 69.0 128.3 92.1 91.8 .. Finance costs 0.3 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.1 1.6 0.1 0.0 .. Result -5.0 -17.8 -23.8 -10.1 -0.4 -16.9 6.8 -5.6 8.2 -5.6 -9.6 -14.1 -29.9 -16.7 5.9 .. 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
2025 Total cost by activity Administration costs General political party activity's costs Election campaign's costs Total 1 099 153 032 372 113 450 371 298 373 355 741 209 Christian Democratic Party 74 632 239 8 360 389 43 862 397 22 409 453 Liberal Party 78 647 025 28 456 983 15 257 083 34 932 959 Socialist Left Party 85 794 064 39 430 156 21 962 746 24 401 162 Labour Party 271 237 251 92 775 466 108 403 560 70 058 225 Progress Party 136 082 679 23 253 999 42 182 449 70 646 231 Conservative Party 197 322 255 97 576 137 37 258 640 62 487 478 Centre Party 109 040 476 25 724 855 64 294 238 19 021 383 Red Party 50 620 529 25 201 533 17 038 801 8 380 195 The Pensioners' Party 3 702 028 1 024 756 1 625 997 1 051 275 Democratic Party of Norway 6 797 754 3 101 315 1 273 418 2 423 021 Green Party 64 652 847 21 273 170 13 983 771 29 395 906 Communist Party of Norway 942 025 185 575 632 940 123 510 The Christians 5 064 546 2 333 684 949 160 1 781 702 The Welfare and Innovation Party 1 113 191 621 228 249 503 242 460 Folkets parti .. .. .. .. 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
2025 Total Of which youth's poltical organisations Total 564 707 701 46 303 274 Christian Democratic Party 25 596 236 1 945 654 Liberal Party 29 597 656 2 274 488 Socialist Left Party 44 048 582 3 468 750 Labour Party 134 757 939 11 240 208 Progress Party 65 744 111 5 667 892 Conservative Party 120 579 763 12 040 149 Centre Party 66 940 140 4 627 688 Red Party 28 441 820 2 026 438 Democratic Party of Norway 4 618 953 - Coastal Party 20 860 4 119 The Pensioners' Party 4 720 996 100 930 Green Party 26 742 974 2 167 942 Communist Party of Norway 65 696 1 598 The Pirate Party of Norway - - The Christians 2 033 940 55 483 The Welfare and Innovation Party 798 942 34 464 Folkets parti 614 808 . 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
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 4 June 2021.
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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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.