1994 Norwegian European Union membership referendum

none Should Norway become a member of the EU (European Union)? Norway 1994 11 27 1994 11 28 y 1,516,803 1,389,997 3,571 2,910,321 3,266,064 Norwegian EU membership referendum, 1994 result by counties.svg county A referendum on joining the European Union was held in Norway on 27 and 28 November 1994.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 978-3-8329-5609-7Bjørklund Tor 1997 Old and New Patterns: The 'No' Majority in the 1972 and 1994 EC/EU Referendums in Norway https://www.jstor.org/stable/4201020 Acta Sociologica 40 2 143–159 10.1177/000169939704000202 4201020 143540692 0001-6993 2023-09-16 2022-06-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20220604173134/https://www.jstor.org/stable/4201020 live subscriptionFossum John Erik 2019-08-28 Norway and the European Union https://oxfordre.com/politics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-1043 2021-03-12 Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics en 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1043 978-0-19-022863-7 2020-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20201029031735/https://oxfordre.com/politics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-1043 live After a long period of heated debate, the "no" side won with 52.2 per cent of the vote, on a turnout of 88.6 per cent. Membership of what was then the European Community had previously been rejected in a 1972 referendum, and by French veto in 1962. 2026, this was the most recent referendum in Norway. Campaign The "No" campaign was led by Anne Enger Lahnstein, leader of the Centre Party.Biography on Norwegian government's website https://web.archive.org/web/20141105041230/http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/om_regjeringen/tidligere/oversikt/departementer_embeter/embeter/Statsminister-1814-/Anne-Enger-Lahnstein.html?id=465151 2014-11-05 no The main themes of the "No" campaign were loss of sovereignty if Norway should join the Union, as well as the fundamental differences in economic structure between Norway and the EU, as Norway has an economy based heavily on natural resources (especially oil and fish), in contrast to the EU's more industrial economy. Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland led the "Yes" campaign. Her party, the Labour Party, was divided on the question of Norwegian membership of the Union. Unlike Trygve Bratteli in 1972, she refused to threaten to resign if the referendum failed to result in a "Yes" vote, on the grounds that more serious divisions could have arisen in the Labour Party. The main arguments of the "Yes" side were that as a European country, Norway belonged in the European Union, and that Norway's economy would benefit from membership. According to John Erik Fossum, a political science professor at ARENA, Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, "the fact that Norway had already signed the EEA agreement made it easier for people to vote no because they knew that Norway had assured EU market access."Fossum John Erik What is the Norway Model? Mode of Affiliation or Political Compromise? The Political Quarterly 2019 90 2 266–273 en 10.1111/1467-923X.12684 1467-923X 10852/77098 159421286 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-80218 free 2023-09-16 2023-09-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20230916143256/https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/77098 live Debates 1994 Norwegian EU membership debates Date Time Organizers black #90FF90  P  Present   black #CCFFCC  I  Invitee black #FFD0D0  N  Non-invitee ApHSpSvKrFFrpVRRefs 25 November 1994 00:00 NRKPGro Harlem Brundtland, Thorbjørn JaglandPJan PetersenPAnne Enger LahnsteinPErik SolheimPKjell Magne BondevikPCarl I. HagenPOdd Einar DørumPAksel Nærstadhttps://tv.nrk.no/serie/folkeavstemningen-om-eu-1994/1994/FAKP70004094 Folkeavstemningen om EU 1994. Partilederdebatt. 10 July 2016 16 September 2023 17 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230617215209/https://tv.nrk.no/serie/folkeavstemningen-om-eu-1994/1994/FAKP70004094 live INY 9 November 1994 00:00 NRK and Student Society in TrondheimPThorbjørn BerntsenPJohn G. BernanderPMarit ArnstadPErik SolheimNNPRune HaalandPHeidi Sørensenhttps://tv.nrk.no/serie/debatt-21/1994/FAKP70004294 Debatt 21 med EU-folkemøte fra Trondheim 10 July 2016 16 September 2023 10 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230710145419/https://tv.nrk.no/serie/debatt-21/1994/FAKP70004294 live SMELO 14 November 1994 00:00 NRK at Fokus KinoPGro Harlem BrundtlanPKaci Kullmann FivePJohan J. JakobsenNPKjell Magne BondevikNPTove StrandPYngve Hågensenhttps://tv.nrk.no/serie/debatt-21/1994/FAKP70004294 Debatt 21 med EU-folkemøte i Tromsø 10 July 2016 16 September 2023 10 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230710145419/https://tv.nrk.no/serie/debatt-21/1994/FAKP70004294 live SMEUN 23 November 1994 00:00 NRKPThorbjørn JaglandPJan PetersenPAnne Enger LahnsteinPStein ØrnhøiNNPHallvard BakkePThorvald Stoltenberghttps://tv.nrk.no/serie/debatt-21/1994/FAKP70004294 Debatt 21 med EU-møte fra Oslo. 10 July 2016 16 September 2023 10 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230710145419/https://tv.nrk.no/serie/debatt-21/1994/FAKP70004294 live Official party positions For a 'Yes' voteFor a 'No' voteConservative Party Labour Party Progress PartyChristian Democratic Party Centre Party Socialist Left Party Liberal Party Red Electoral Alliance Workers' Communist Party Results Countrywide 1516803 1389997 3571 3266064 SSB1999-01-01 Resultat av folkeavstemningen om EU https://www.ssb.no/valg/statistikker/euvalg/aar/1999-01-01 2024-05-18 ssb.no no By constituency ConstituencyElectorateSpoilt votesTotal poll (%)Yes (%)No (%)Østfold185441 185,44130788 163,338 (88)54 87,390 (54)46 75,998 (46)Akershus322029 322,029443293331 293,331 (91)64 187,126 (64)36 106,205 (36)Oslo360340 360,34049788 317,585 (88)67 211,550 (67)33 106,035 (33)Hedmark146468 146,46821589 129,674 (89)43 55,367 (43)57 74,307 (57)Oppland142911 142,91125188 126,245 (88)44 55,702 (44)56 70,543 (56)Buskerud174271 174,27124089 154,345 (89)57 88,281 (57)43 66,064 (43)Vestfold155338 155,33812389 138,099 (89)57 78,698 (57)43 59,401 (43)Telemark125401 125,40110688 110,136 (88)42 46,478 (42)58 63,658 (58)Aust-Agder073841 73,8416888 64,927 (88)44 28,805 (44)56 36,122 (56)Vest-Agder108226 108,2265889 96,318 (89)46 43,947 (46)54 52,371 (54)Rogaland251790 251,79016690 227,485 (90)45 103,066 (45)55 124,419 (55)Hordaland313511 313,51124490 281,543 (90)44 122,942 (44)56 158,601 (56)Sogn og Fjordane080104 80,1045289 71,650 (89)32 22,761 (32)68 48,889 (68)Møre og Romsdal180426 180,42617889 160,713 (89)38 61,715 (38)62 98,998 (62)Sør-Trøndelag194869 194,86923988 171,007 (88)45 77,035 (45)55 93,972 (55)Nord-Trøndelag096344 96,3445089 86,110 (89)36 31,018 (36)64 55,092 (64)Nordland183703 183,70322688 162,474 (88)29 46,394 (29)71 116,080 (71)Troms113840 113,8405789 101,428 (89)28 28,860 (28)72 72,568 (72)Finnmark057211 57,2115188 50,342 (88)26 12,862 (26)74 37,480 (74)Source: Dataset European Election Database https://web.archive.org/web/20200831093241/http://eed.nsd.uib.no/webview/index.jsp?study=http%3A%2F%2F129.177.90.166%3A80%2Fobj%2FfStudy%2FNOREF1994_Display&mode=cube&v=2&cube=http%3A%2F%2F129.177.90.166%3A80%2Fobj%2FfCube%2FNOREF1994_Display_C1& 2020-08-31 See also Norway–European Union relations References External links The European Movement in Norway No to the EU - Norwegian eurosceptics Norway. 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