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Political parties' financing - SSB
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NOK million in public support
Funding of political parties, total all political parties by source of income. NOK and per centPublished 5 September 2019
671 584 023 100.0
Government subsidy, total
511 828 587 76.2
428 675 615 63.8
Municipal/county subsidy
68 319 565 10.2
Other government subsidy
14 833 407 2.2
Own business, total
116 040 651 17.3
62 433 439 9.3
Income from lotteries and similar
7 748 096 1.2
9 078 381 1.4
10 662 508 1.6
Other income from own business
26 118 227 3.9
Contributions, total
43 714 785 6.5
18 162 868 2.7
Contributions from commercial enterprises
5 138 547 0.8
Contributions from employers' and labour organizations
11 591 400 1.7
8 821 970 1.3
Funding of political parties by source and political party. NOK
Funding of political parties by source and political party. NOK1
1The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available
671 584 023 42 417 376 31 214 275 41 464 240 200 392 570 73 805 638 158 115 734 63 190 887 23 128 910 2 102 947 : 29 075 961 404 246 2 270 587
511 828 587 28 962 776 25 044 193 30 999 502 153 995 748 63 773 892 120 450 653 47 921 246 14 174 738 1 687 603 : 20 889 864 29 876 961 291
428 675 615 22 132 807 21 021 769 25 408 833 120 907 081 59 116 322 103 963 843 40 445 538 11 998 996 1 399 595 : 18 357 130 29 876 956 620
68 319 565 3 960 060 3 199 083 5 384 091 27 088 627 4 155 175 14 607 570 6 278 658 1 112 533 76 279 : 2 452 818 0 4 671
14 833 407 2 869 909 823 341 206 578 6 000 040 502 395 1 879 240 1 197 050 1 063 209 211 729 : 79 916 0 0
116 040 651 12 785 411 5 310 351 5 393 634 31 290 080 9 190 131 25 414 783 13 305 771 5 177 225 407 178 : 5 978 528 241 263 726 377
62 433 439 6 375 325 2 677 134 3 239 531 13 966 452 2 902 855 15 999 820 9 721 048 4 012 003 104 415 : 2 036 118 181 700 628 061
7 748 096 1 392 216 1 023 799 112 219 2 047 977 1 441 316 454 690 668 985 390 435 74 309 : 0 0 31 166
9 078 381 95 094 278 114 137 101 3 551 523 219 958 4 461 493 213 890 51 875 667 : 46 186 908 128
10 662 508 1 187 854 568 826 467 578 3 383 694 130 829 98 505 1 121 832 247 687 46 814 : 3 394 729 14 160 0
26 118 227 3 734 922 762 478 1 437 205 8 340 434 4 495 173 4 400 275 1 580 016 475 225 180 973 : 501 495 44 495 67 022
43 714 785 669 189 859 731 5 071 104 15 106 742 841 615 12 250 298 1 963 870 3 776 947 8 166 : 2 207 569 133 107 582 919
18 162 868 527 931 641 788 3 103 235 1 686 792 110 200 7 489 276 512 135 2 046 412 0 : 1 397 066 103 107 411 900
5 138 547 6 000 0 1 900 1 500 700 000 3 982 728 200 000 0 0 : 75 400 0 171 019
11 591 400 0 0 1 152 690 9 376 710 0 0 1 060 000 2 000 0 : 0 0 0
Contributions, from other
8 821 970 135 258 217 943 813 279 4 041 740 31 415 778 294 191 735 1 728 535 8 166 : 735 103 30 000 0
StatBank source table 11233
Funding of political parties by source of income and political party. Per cent
Funding of political parties by source of income and political party. Per cent1
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : 100.0 100.0 100.0
76.2 68.3 80.2 74.8 76.8 86.4 76.2 75.8 61.3 80.2 : 71.8 7.4 42.3
63.8 52.2 67.3 61.3 60.3 80.1 65.8 64.0 51.9 66.6 : 63.1 7.4 42.1
10.2 9.3 10.2 13.0 13.5 5.6 9.2 9.9 4.8 3.6 : 8.4 0.0 0.2
2.2 6.8 2.6 0.5 3.0 0.7 1.2 1.9 4.6 10.1 : 0.3 0.0 0.0
17.3 30.1 17.0 13.0 15.6 12.5 16.1 21.1 22.4 19.4 : 20.6 59.7 32.0
9.3 15.0 8.6 7.8 7.0 3.9 10.1 15.4 17.3 5.0 : 7.0 44.9 27.7
1.2 3.3 3.3 0.3 1.0 2.0 0.3 1.1 1.7 3.5 : 0.0 0.0 1.4
1.4 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.8 0.3 2.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 : 0.2 0.2 0.0
1.6 2.8 1.8 1.1 1.7 0.2 0.1 1.8 1.1 2.2 : 11.7 3.5 0.0
3.9 8.8 2.4 3.5 4.2 6.1 2.8 2.5 2.1 8.6 : 1.7 11.0 3.0
6.5 1.6 2.8 12.2 7.5 1.1 7.7 3.1 16.3 0.4 : 7.6 32.9 25.7
2.7 1.2 2.1 7.5 0.8 0.1 4.7 0.8 8.8 0.0 : 4.8 25.5 18.1
0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 2.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 : 0.3 0.0 7.5
1.7 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.7 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 : 0.0 0.0 0.0
1.3 0.3 0.7 1.9 2.1 0.0 0.5 0.3 7.5 0.4 : 2.5 7.4 0.0
Party financing, accounts per political party. NOK
Party financing, accounts per political party. NOK1
1The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available.
588 315 215 43 518 111 30 342 542 34 131 122 180 082 713 58 617 007 146 318 089 49 757 614 14 499 683 2 071 959 : 23 315 816 1 146 918 1 499 853
268 256 120 24 206 554 14 051 277 17 436 955 90 570 408 20 213 937 54 586 382 26 875 909 7 757 208 145 257 : 11 338 134 877 109 114
316 710 281 19 285 732 16 215 219 16 548 132 88 030 797 38 048 126 90 548 839 22 846 167 6 718 754 1 923 700 : 11 967 599 1 143 531 1 389 801
3 348 814 25 825 76 046 146 035 1 481 508 354 944 1 182 868 35 538 23 721 3 002 : 10 083 2 510 938
83 268 808 -1 100 735 871 733 7 333 118 20 309 857 15 188 631 11 797 645 13 433 273 8 629 227 30 988 : 5 760 145 -742 672 770 734
Party financing, accounts per political party. Per cent.,
Party financing, accounts per political party. Per cent.,1
87.6 102.6 97.2 82.3 89.9 79.4 92.5 78.7 62.7 98.5 : 80.2 283.7 66.1
39.9 57.1 45.0 42.1 45.2 27.4 34.5 42.5 33.5 6.9 : 39.0 0.2 4.8
47.2 45.5 51.9 39.9 43.9 51.6 57.3 36.2 29.0 91.5 : 41.2 282.9 61.2
0.5 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 : 0.0 0.6 0.0
12.4 -2.6 2.8 17.7 10.1 20.6 7.5 21.3 37.3 1.5 : 19.8 -183.7 33.9
Funding of political parties, cost accounts by activity and political party. NOK
Funding of political parties, cost accounts by activity and political party. NOK12
Total cost by activity
General political party activity¿s costs
Election campaign¿s costs
1Costs by activity comprise total costs. According to the Political Parties Act total costs shall be divided by type and by activity. The table 5 presents income, costs by type and result. This table (11319) presents costs divided by main activity groups. The total can differ from total costs by type due to non-consistent data from the political party units. Further information see “About the statistics”.
2The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available
588 177 359 312 808 517 254 282 694 21 086 148
43 517 604 33 220 088 10 232 124 65 392
30 342 556 17 125 653 12 124 490 1 092 413
34 131 119 20 959 635 9 617 097 3 554 387
179 934 473 89 679 271 84 252 116 6 003 086
58 616 982 19 956 602 37 938 413 721 967
146 348 245 91 940 410 47 530 190 6 877 645
49 757 616 22 570 223 27 051 673 135 720
14 499 680 3 884 013 10 513 087 102 580
2 075 479 314 737 1 713 368 47 374
23 306 761 10 791 593 10 838 377 1 676 791
1 137 178 322 014 815 164 0
1 495 869 645 627 429 152 421 090
StatBank source table 11319
Central government subsidy by poltical party. NOK
Central government subsidy by poltical party. NOK12
Of which youth's poltical organisations
1The table incudes all units of political parties which have sent either a full report or a statement according the annual income received. For those units which have reported an income less than NOK 12 000 except government subsidies, the amounts used in the table are according to information received from the County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane or from the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation. The County Governor disburses the governmental funding on municipal and county level, the Ministry to the central organisations. For those units which have reported that mentioned income exceeded the amount of NOK 12 000, the amount reported from the unit itself has been used.
2The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available.
444 890 084 ..
23 296 075 1 578 108
22 912 504 1 437 636
26 885 360 1 388 815
124 332 407 9 686 261
58 030 214 2 966 148
105 634 475 7 131 660
44 290 234 2 451 856
13 341 301 675 256
507 769 .
394 173 9 790
2 127 774 .
19 484 838 1 147 205
49 779 -
The Pirate Party of Norway
426 128 9 519
1 266 984 24 676
StatBank source table 10601
11233: Funding of political parties, by accounts and political party
11319: Funding of political parties, cost accounts by activity and political party
10601: Central government subsidy, by political party (NOK)
Income and costs are shown, based on the annual accounts of political parties at municipal, county and central level, including youth organisations at central and county level, which have an obligation to report accounts under the Political Party Act. Approximately 95 per cent of the total income of all parties is covered.
Registered political party: A political party that is registered in the Party register at the Brønnøysund Register Centre according to the regulation in the Party Act, ref. § 3, http://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/2005-06-17-102.
Central government subsidy: Funding according to the Party Act § 11.
Municipal/county subsidy: Additional funding on a voluntary basis from the county or the municipality.
Other public subsidy: Other public funding not covered by central government subsidy or municipal/county subsidy.
Membership fee: The total income from membership fees.
Income from lotteries, fund-raising events and similar: Income from lotteries, fund-raising events and similar.
Capital income: Income from interest and stock dividends etc. excluding uncollected gains. Unrealised gains are not to be entered as gains according to the accounting principles of the Political Party Act. Financial assets are to be entered at purchase cost as long as they are not realised.
Income from business activity: Income from own business activity. This includes, among other things, income from the sale of advertisement effects.
Other income from own business: All income not covered by membership fees, income from lotteries, fund-raising events and similar, capital income or income from business activity.
Private contributions: Includes all gifts of money from private donors and all other non-monetary contributions from the same donors when the limit for identifying the contributors is exceeded.
Contributions from commercial enterprises: Includes all gifts of money made by commercial enterprises and all other non-monetary contributions from the same donors when the limit for identifying the contributors is exceeded.
Contributions from employers and labour organisations: Includes all gifts of money made by employers and labour organisations and all other non-monetary contributions from the same donors when the limit for identifying the contributors is exceeded.
Contributions from other: Includes all gifts of money and all other non-monetary contributions if the limit for identifying the contributors is exceeded when these contributions are donated by
• all other non-categorized donors
Costs by type and by activity are two different ways of classifying the costs. Both classifications shall cover all costs.
Costs by type are divided in salary costs, other operating costs and finance costs.
Salary costs: Include all benefits of employees including part-time and temporary employees. Salary costs include employers' national insurance contributions, pension costs, travelling expenses for employees, union dues etc. Remuneration booked as salary is included.
Other operating costs: Include all other costs excluding finance costs, i.e. other operating costs include consumer costs connected to administration, production and sales, office supplies, desktop printers and any equipment that is charged as an expense. Furthermore, purchasing services and any external assistance, legal services, auditing and other advisory services, maintenance etc. and remuneration of representatives who are not employed by the party organisations are included, as are depreciation costs on any fixed and non-current assets capitalised in the balance sheet. Outstanding debts that are not collectable, are also classified as other operating costs.
Finance costs include paid interest adjusted by previously booked accruals, losses in connection with realisation of investment funds and stockholders’ shares etc. Unrealised losses are not to be entered as loss according to the accounting principles of the Political Party Act. Financial assets are to be entered at purchase cost as long as they are not realised.
Result equals the total income reduced by total cost by type.
Costs by activity are divided in administration costs, general political party activity costs and election campaign costs.
Administrations costs cover all costs of administration of the work in the party organisation, e.g. telephone, postage and copying charges, general office equipment, finance costs and salaries etc. Depreciation and non-collectable write-downs are included if they cannot be allocated elsewhere.
General political party activity costs cover costs for activities that facilitate the purpose and objectives of the party, such as party meetings and conferences, costs of preparing the party programme, nomination lists etc. This cost element will consist of all or parts of the costs by type.
Election campaign costs cover marketing costs in connection with election campaigns. This covers costs that were incurred before, during and after campaigns. Costs are also included that may not be directly attributable to the marketing costs of an election campaign, but which are incurred in connection with the campaign, such as fuel for cars used for election campaign purposes, rental cars, stands etc. This cost element will consist of all or parts of the costs by type.
Name: Political parties' financing
The reports from the political party units are to be made public individually according to the Political Parties Act § 22. The reports will be published on the website of the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, see www.partifinansiering.no.
The statistics were published for the first time in 2006. This publication is based on registered parties’ reports on their financial situation for the fiscal year 2017. According to the Political Parties Act, all organisational levels of the registered political parties are obliged to report to a central register. The statistics are published on the basis of these reports.
The Political Parties Act was revised on 1 February 2013. For 2013 and previous years, the political parties' organisations should only report on income.
Statistics on election campaign contribution which is published every second year in connection with elections (https://www.ssb.no/en/valg/statistikker/valgkamp).
Political Parties Act §§ 18, 19, 20, 20a, 20b, 21 and Statistics Act §§ 2-1, 3-2
The data collection includes all organisational levels of the registered political parties in Norway, i.e. central, county and municipal level, as well as the central youth levels and the youth organisations at county level. The unit in the statistics is political parties.
According to the Political Parties Act § 18, the party organisations (units) with an income below a certain level excluding government subsidy are exempt from comprehensive reporting. These party units must submit a statement confirming that their income does not exceed the specified level. All other political party organisations have to report the full annual accounts, i.e. incomes, cost and balance sheet. The reports from the organisations exceeding the limit represent the basis for the statistics but for those parties where the number of reporting units is less than three.
The Political Parties Act was revised on 1 February 2013, setting the limit at NOK 12 000 with effect from the fiscal year of 2013. The previous year’s limit was NOK 10 000.
The reference for the statistics is the Party Finance Register, which was established in accordance with the Political Parties Act. This register is held by Statistics Norway, cf. § 2-1 of the secondary act to the Political Parties Act. The register includes the reports from all registered parties at municipal, county and central Level, including youth organisations at central and county level. The central political parties have to be registered in the Political Party Register as part of the Brønnøysund Register Centre.
The Party Finance Register also contains a summary of all donors that, during the fiscal year, contributed money or gifts exceeding NOK 12 000 to parties at municipal level, NOK 23 000 to parties at county level and NOK 35 000 to parties at central level according to the revised act of 1 February 2013 (the previous levels were NOK 10 000, NOK 20 000 and NOK 30 000 respectively). This also applies to sponsors and creditors. Donors with whom the party organisation has entered into a written political or commercial agreement are to be identified independent of the amount donated.
No additional sources to the Party Finance Register.
The questionnaire is prepared by Statistics Norway. The information is collected electronically through Altinn (the Norwegian public reporting portal) and a specific questionnaire (RA-0604). A few of the units have responded by returning a signed printed version of the Altinn questionnaire that have been handled manually.
The information is published in the same form as it is received by the Party Finance Register. Neither the registrar nor Statistics Norway, as the producer of the statistics, carries out any revisions of the data except for obvious errors in the reported data after consulting the respondent.
The statistical information is a calculation of income and cost summaries from the various organisational levels to the degree that the parties are required to report according to the Political Parties Act.
The statistics do not include internal transfers within the different political parties, neither as income nor as cost, since they balance each other in total, and would thus give an inflated amount. Neither are the balances of the units consolidated, and are thus not published as statistics. There is no statutory requirement for internal liabilities or debts to be specified or reported. Furthermore, there may be a large number of units that are included in the sample which have such liabilities and/or debts towards units not included. Thus, consolidation of the balance sheets would be misleading.
The statistics were first published in 2006 (for the fiscal year 2005), and have since been published annually.
The revision of the Political Parties Act on 1 February 2013 entails a break in the homogeneity according to the organisations that are obliged to report comprehensively. For the years 2005 to 2012, all organisations with income except government subsidies of NOK 10 000 and more were obliged to report fully. For the fiscal year 2013 and later the limit was increased to NOK 12 000. The income of the political party organisations will differ over the years, especially between election and non-election years. Thus the number of organisations reporting comprehensively will depend on natural and formal changes. This may have an impact on the values published in the statistics.
The statistics for 2017 were based on reports from 766 organisations exceeding the income level for full reporting. For 2016, the statistics were based on 716 reporting units (for 2015 there were 781 units, 685 units in 2014, 693 units for 2013 and 634 units for 2012).
The data is reported by the units to the central register on forms submitted electronically. Different categories for entering the income, cost and balance sheet items are given in the form, including a category for party internal income transfers. Errors may occur when the different items are entered in the wrong category.
The Act requires gross revenues and costs to be reported. This means that revenue that is earmarked to cover specific costs or is to be transferred internally to other units within the same party must first be recognised as income and then as a cost (transfer to others) by the unit that originally received the amount. The amount shall be entered as income in an internal transfer by the units that have received such monies. Some units of the parties may have recorded such amounts as reimbursements, and reported the net amount, thus both the revenue and cost figures will be too low.
As an illustration, membership fees have been booked and reported at net value by some of the central political parties that received the fee from their members in 2013. A considerable part of the total was transferred to the local units. Due to the net booking, the membership fee reported for 2013 is too low and the increase in 2014 is misleading and too high. From 2015 and forward data may indicate that this error is reduced compared with 2014 and previous years.
The Political Party Act requires that all costs are divided by type and by activity. The cost shall be classified in two different ways. The total costs by type differ from total costs by activity due to non-consistent data from some of the political party units. Overall, the costs by activity are 0.12 per cent less than total costs by type.
The change in equity from 1 January to 31 December differs in some cases from the reported result. In some few cases, this may be due to capital contribution or withdrawal only booked in the balance - in contrast to the regulations by law. The change in equity may indicate that the cost should be 0,6 per cent lower or the income correspondingly higher in 2016 than reported.
Furthermore, some units have not reported at all, in spite of the obligation according to the Act. Thus, some units that should have reported full annual accounts according to the Act may not be included in the data. Imputations are not calculated and implemented to statistically compensate these errors.
Statistics Norway does not hold financial data for political parties with an income below the reporting limit according to the Political Parties Act. Thus, the accounts reported in these statistics are lower than the actual level. Neither governmental subsidies to, nor other income or costs of these parties are included in the statistics if not explicitly mentioned.
Self-reported records of contributions to political parties