Det Liberale Folkeparti (Liberal People's Party, DLF) is a free market liberal party created in 1992 by some of the members of the Old Liberal People's Party. During the 1990's, some of Fremskrittspartiet's members percieved it to have become less liberal and joined DLF as well. DLF has become increasingly more market liberal, and since 2001 the party has been a promoter of market liberal principles and laissez-faire capitalism. A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy... This is a list about liberalism and political parties around the world. ... Det Liberale Folkeparti (Liberal Peoples Party, DLF) was established because of a split in the Norwegian liberal party Venstre in 1972. ... The Progress Party is a right-wing political party of Norway. ... Laissez-faire is short for laissez faire, laissez passer, a French phrase meaning to let things alone, let them pass. First used by the eighteenth century Physiocrats as an injunction against government interference with trade, it is now used as a synonym for strict free market economics. ... Capitalism has been defined in various ways (see q:Capitalism). ...

DLF differs from the United States Libertarian Party in respect of some fundamental issues, like interventionism. From Libertarian perspectives on foreign intervention one can read that libertarians are anti-interventionists, while DLF is not against foreign interventionism. The Libertarian Party is a United States political party created in 1971. ... In politics, interventionism is a term for significant activity undertaken by a state to influence something not directly under its control. ... Broadly speaking, while all libertarians are suspicious of a national government intervening in the internal affairs of other nations, some hold that such intervention can never be justified, while others consider that the world is now so interconnected that especially bad conditions in another nation will eventually impact at home...

Objectives

DLF wants to:

• Reduce taxes
• Increase free trade
• Simplify the laws
• Remove bureaucrats
• Remove state financing of businesses
• Remove state financing of various groups
• Remove restrictions on immigration
• Remove mandatory military service
• Complete separation of state and church
• Legalize drugs

Party leaders

• 2003- Vegard Martinsen
• 2001-03 Arne Lidwin
• 1997-01 Trond Johansen
• 1995-97 Runar Henriksen
• 1992-95 Tor Ingar Østerud

See also

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy
• Libertarianism

Liberalism is a political current embracing several historical and present-day ideologies that claim defense of individual liberty as the purpose of government. ... This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy. ... This article links to articles on liberalism in diverse countries around the world. ... This is an overview of parties that adhere more or less (explicitly) to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world. ... Liberal democracy is a form of representative democracy where elected representatives that hold the decision power are moderated by a constitution that emphasizes protecting individual liberties and the rights of minorities in society, such as freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of religion, the right to private property and privacy... The term libertarian is also claimed by libertarian socialism (also called left libertarianism). ...

External links

• Det Liberale Folkepartiet (http://www.stemdlf.no/)
• Liberalistisk Ungdom (http://www.liberalistiskungdom.no/)