Progress Party's Youth
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The Progress Party's Youth (Norwegian: Fremskrittspartiets Ungdom, FpU), is the youth wing of the Norwegian political party the Progress Party. It is generally considered to be more aligned towards classical liberalism than the Progress Party.[2] The organization has active chapters in all counties of Norway as well as in over 50 municipalities.
Progress Party's Youth Fremskrittspartiets Ungdom | |
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Chairperson | Simen Velle |
Founded | 10 February 1978 |
Headquarters | Karl Johans gate 25, Oslo |
Ideology | Classical liberalism[1] Right-libertarianism[1] Right-wing populism[citation needed] |
Colours | Blue |
Mother party | Progress Party |
European affiliation | European Young Conservatives |
Website | fpu.no |
From 2012 to 2014, Himanshu Gulati was the organisation's chairperson. Gulati is the first leader of a youth wing of a major Norwegian political party with multi-cultural background.[3] After being selected to the post of State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Gulati stepped down. In 2014, Atle Simonsen was elected chairperson[4] Atle sat as chairman until 2016, when the annual national meeting of FpU elected Bjørn-Kristian Svendrud as the organisation's chairman.
The current chairperson is Simen Velle. He was elected in 2022. Velle is a self-described classical liberal, advocating for policies like legalization of drugs, polygamy and sales of organs.[5]