»Everyone on Board!« 1 The Nordic Model and the Red-Red-Green Coalition – A Transferable Model of Success? WOLFGANG BIERMANN/ KRISTINE KALLSET NORWEGIAN LABOR PARTY(DET NORSKE ARBEIDERPARTI, DNA; OR MORE COMMONLY: ARBEIDERPARTIET, AP) Official website: http://arbeiderparti.no Party leader: Jens Stoltenberg History at a glance: Founded in Arendal in 1887. Represented in the Storting(Norwegian parliament) since 1907. From March 1935 to April 1945 the AP governed together with the Farmers’ Party(Bondepartiet) under Johan Nygaardsvold and laid the initial foundations of a welfare state – abruptly sus­pended by the German occupation from April 1941 to May 1945 and the conduct of the resistance from exile in London. Between 1945 and 2010 the AP has governed for around 45 years with brief interruptions. SI and PES membership: SI: since 1932; PES: since 1999 Party membership: 2009: 50,269 1999: 61,327 Electoral resonance parliamentary elections: 2009: 35.4% of the votes, 64 seats 2005: 32.7% of the votes, 61 seats 2001: 24.3% of the votes, 43 seats 1997: 35.0% of the votes, 65 seats Government participation: 2005: in government; head of government: Jens Stoltenberg 2000–2001: in government; head of government: Jens Stoltenberg, in coalition with SV and SP 1.»Alle skal med« – literally»Everyone is to come with us« or»everyone on board«– has been the main slogan of the Norwegian Labor Party since 2005. ipg 4/2010 Biermann/Kallset, Norway 167