1987 Socialist Left Party national convention

1987 Socialist Left Party 3 April - 7 April 200px Oslo Erik Solheim (1st) Kjellbjørg Lunde(2nd) Per Eggum Mauseth Hilde Vogt 1985 1989 The 1987 national convention of the Socialist Left Party of Norway was held from April 3-7 in the city of Oslo. Erik Solheim was elected party leader, while Kjellbjørg Lunde and Per Eggum Mauseth were elected 1st and 2nd deputy leader respectively. SV mindre dogmatisk - men ingen privatisering Norwegian News Agency April 1, 1987 no Background After it was made clear that Berge Furre would resign in 1981, newly appointed party secretary Erik Solheim used his new office to launch an attack on the left-wing section of the party. He claimed they were hurting the party by continuing many un-modern trends. He also called them conservative, believing them to have rejected too many new ideas too often. Solheim was praised by some within the party, most notably resigning party leader Furre, while criticised by left-wingers from the left-wing section of the party. Talen, Bjørn Nei til flere Nei Verdens Gang November 9, 1981 3 no Early signs showed that Tora Houg (from the left-wing faction) and Erik Solheim (from the right-wing faction) were the two most popular candidates within the party. However Houg did not see herself fit to become party leader. Houg ikke anbefalt Aftenposten Andreassen, Thorleif March 20, 1987 5 The convention Creating a new party was of top-importance for Solheim supporters during the convention. The party's program from 1975 was replaced by an entirely new one, which used what Solheim described as less "dogmatic" phraseology. The renewed program was adopted without meeting much opposition. However, even if much of the phraseology had been change, Marxist theory was still the cornerstone of the party's principal program. Topics such as environmental issues, district and local politics increased in importance in the party's program. It was unanimously voted for full-day care coverage of kindergarten, which according to them was of top-importance in regional politics. Unemployment crises would be countered by building more jobs, with the majority of them coming newly built kindergarten; if they come to power. The national convention also wanted to reach the goal of making North Norway into a "green capital" of some sort. SV-landsmøte: miljøvern og distriktspolitikk sto sentralt Norwegian News Agency April 5, 1987 no See also History of the Socialist Left Party 1997 Socialist Left Party national convention — Solheim resigns and Kristin Halvorsen takes over the office of party leader. List of national conventions held by the Socialist Left Party References Category:National conventions held by the Socialist Left Party (Norway) Category:Politics of Norway Socialist Left Party National Convention, 1987 Category:1987 conferences Category:April 1987 in Europe Category:1980s political conferences Category:1980s in Oslo Category:Organised events in Oslo