A lot of interesting details. Note that if you look closely, despite the big blue blob at the bottom of the Oslo fjord, Oslo proper, inside its pre-1948 borders, had Labour as the biggest party.
spacebatangeldragon8 on
Assuming the Communist vote in the north was mostly miners/loggers/fishermen – but which party, if any, would Norwegian Sámi have been most likely to vote for?
30ThousandVariants on
So, what did “Liberal Party” mean at the time?
HansVonMannschaft on
Hmm, a left-wing party getting most of the rural vote is unusual.
Emperor_TJ on
*Meanwhile in Finnmark*
Sweet communist
The communist daughter
Standing on the sea-weed water
GustavoistSoldier on
It makes sense that the communist party was strong near the border with the USSR.
ThrowawayALAT on
Are you telling me Norway was in 1945 where most countries still aren’t in 2025?

Nawnp on
A true democracy with lots of actually successful parties.
Konstruct_of_Yore on
Norwegian politics having a Farmers Party amuses me.
Landen-Saturday87 on
See that little blue dot there in the bottom right? That‘s Oslo, where like 50% of all Norwegians are living
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in map like thesee population density most matters…
Source for election data:
Wessel-Berg, P. A., & Bjørnstad, K. (1947). *Stortingsvalget 1945*. Oslo, Oslo, Norway: Stortingets Kontor. From [https://www.ssb.no/historisk-statistikk/emner/valg-og-rettsforhold/stortingsvalg/_/attachment/inline/abe75dfc-8c3b-4f78-9128-cfc5ac4b69ae:ae43b72e8f3a54a777a07e736fb8824949164194/nos_x_132.pdf](https://www.ssb.no/historisk-statistikk/emner/valg-og-rettsforhold/stortingsvalg/_/attachment/inline/abe75dfc-8c3b-4f78-9128-cfc5ac4b69ae:ae43b72e8f3a54a777a07e736fb8824949164194/nos_x_132.pdf) (Page 32-121)
Source for map of counties and municipalities:
Unknown. (1950). *Herredskart over Nord-Norge*. Norway: Norges geografiske oppmåling. From [https://www.kartverket.no/om-kartverket/historie/historiske-kart/soketreff/mitt-kart?mapId=18003](https://www.kartverket.no/om-kartverket/historie/historiske-kart/soketreff/mitt-kart?mapId=18003)
Unknown. (1950). *Herredskart over Sør-Norge*. From [https://www.kartverket.no/om-kartverket/historie/historiske-kart/soketreff/mitt-kart?mapId=6541](https://www.kartverket.no/om-kartverket/historie/historiske-kart/soketreff/mitt-kart?mapId=6541)
A lot of interesting details. Note that if you look closely, despite the big blue blob at the bottom of the Oslo fjord, Oslo proper, inside its pre-1948 borders, had Labour as the biggest party.
Assuming the Communist vote in the north was mostly miners/loggers/fishermen – but which party, if any, would Norwegian Sámi have been most likely to vote for?
So, what did “Liberal Party” mean at the time?
Hmm, a left-wing party getting most of the rural vote is unusual.
*Meanwhile in Finnmark*
Sweet communist
The communist daughter
Standing on the sea-weed water
It makes sense that the communist party was strong near the border with the USSR.
Are you telling me Norway was in 1945 where most countries still aren’t in 2025?

A true democracy with lots of actually successful parties.
Norwegian politics having a Farmers Party amuses me.
See that little blue dot there in the bottom right? That‘s Oslo, where like 50% of all Norwegians are living