Young Liberals of Norway (Norwegian: Unge Venstre) is the youth league of the Norwegian political party Venstre. Young Liberals was founded January 27, 1909, with Anders Kirkhusmo as the first president. The current (2007) president is Anne Solsvik, since 2007. Vice-Presidents are Jonas Eilertsen and Jostein Pedersen.
Young Liberals of Norway are independent of Venstre but co-operates closely with them, for example the leader of Young Liberals is automatically a member of the central governing body (Sentralstyret) of Venstre. Venstre and Young Liberals have different opinions on some matters, most prominently in that Young Liberals of Norway supports Norwegian entry into the European Union while Venstre opposes this.
The Norwegian name 'Unge Venstre' has historical reasons, and although it literally translates as 'Young Left' in English, Young Liberals of Norway are not socialists, but in fact liberals. To avoid confusion, the official English-language name of the party is 'Young Liberals of Norway'. Proposals to change the name of Unge Venstre to 'Liberal Ungdom' ('Liberal Youth') have been defeated in successive congresses.
Young Liberals of Norway is a member of the international liberal youth organizations
They also co-operate especially with the Serbian liberal youth party GOS, and Mladi Liberali in Bosnia and Hercegovina.
Leaders of Young Liberals of Norway
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