In the 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election, the populist, right-wing Progress Party (FrP) achieved a historic breakthrough. Under leader Sylvi Listhaug, the party won 48 seats in the 169-member Storting, doubling its previous representation and capturing nearly 24% of the vote, making it the second-largest party overall.

 

In the 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election, the populist, right-wing Progress Party (FrP) achieved a historic breakthrough. Under leader Sylvi Listhaug, the party won 48 seats in the 169-member Storting, doubling its previous representation and capturing nearly 24% of the vote, making it the second-largest party overall. 

The Progress Party's major electoral milestones and historical achievements include:

• 2025 Historic Surge: The party recorded its highest-ever vote share, surpassing the Conservative Party to become the dominant force on the Norwegian right. The campaign heavily capitalized on economic anxieties, promises to lower taxes, opposition to green energy policies, and strict immigration controls. 
• Participation in Government (2013–2020): After significant gains, the Progress Party achieved the unprecedented milestone of entering governing coalition cabinets with the Conservative Party for the first time in its history, leading multiple key ministries (such as Finance, and Petroleum and Energy) under former Prime Minister Erna Solberg. 
• Ideological Shift & Popularity: Founded originally in 1973 strictly as an anti-tax libertarian movement, the party broadened its platform in the 1980s and 1990s to prioritize immigration restrictions and the critique of the welfare state. This combination of free-market economics and cultural conservatism proved highly successful, particularly among younger demographics and men. 

Note: While the Progress Party has historically won great victories in the polls—often polling in the 20 to 26 percent range—it has frequently been kept in opposition because the center-left bloc managed to assemble narrow majorities in parliament.