The Socialist People's Party () was a splinter group of the Norwegian Labour Party (DNA) founded in 1961. SF was principally dissatisfied with the pro-NATO/European Economic Community external policies of DNA. A group centered on the magazine had been expelled from DNA. The party merged into the Socialist Left Party in 1976.
History In the mid-1960s, the youth organization of SF, Socialist Youth League (), started moving towards revolutionary Marxism, leading to a split in 1969. The SUF broke away, renamed itself SUF(m-l) and launched the Workers' Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) (which merged with the Red Electoral Alliance in 2007 to launch the new Red Party).
Following the split, Socialist People's Youth () became the new SF youth wing. SF lost parliamentary representation in 1969; however, in 1972 a DNA MP, Arne Kielland, joined SF.
SF was the driving force behind the formation of Socialist Electoral League, which later emerged into Socialist Left Party. SV can be seen as the direct successor of the SF.
SF party leaders 1961-1969 : Knut Løfsnes 1969-1971 : Torolv Solheim 1971-1973 : Finn Gustavsen 1973-1975 : Stein Ørnhøi
Electoral results Parliamentary elections
+ Storting Date Votes Seats Position Size No. % ± pp No. ± 1961 43,996 2.4 New New (1961–1963) 8th (1963) (from 1963) 1965 122,721 6.0 3.5 2 6th 1969 73,284 3.4 2.6 2 6th 1973 13 5th
+ Local Year Vote % Type 1963 2.8 Municipal 1967 5.1 Municipal 1971 4.0 Municipal </div>
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