Kystpartiet Coastal Party
Leader	Roy Waage (on leave) Kjell Ivar Vestå (temp)
Founded	1999
Website	Kystpartiet
See also the politics of Norway series

The Coastal Party (Kystpartiet), is a Norwegian political party. Roy Waage (born November 17 1963) is a Norwegian politician for the Coastal Party, the current mayor of Skjervøy. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Politics of Norway takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Constitutional monarchy. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional It was formally founded in 1999 although the party participated, and won one seat, in the 1997 parliamentary election under the name Tverrpolitisk folkevalgte. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 15 September 1997. Tverrpolitisk folkevalgte ("cross-political people's choice" previously known as Tverrpolitisk kyst- og distriktsparti ("Cross-political coastal and regional party" The party's charismatic leader Steinar Bastesen, a fisherman and whale hunter, was elected to the parliament for a second period in 2001. Steinar Bastesen (born March 26 1945 in Dønna) is a Norwegian politician Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. In 2005 the party announced that they would for the first time participate in the parliamentary election in all of Norway's 19 counties, although two of them do not have a coastline. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional ||-||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties ( Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker ( Bokmål This is important for all political parties, however, as it is the only way to secure a place in the national pre-election television debates. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic On March 13 2005, the party convention elected Roy Waage, a former member of the Christian Democratic Party, as the new party leader. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Roy Waage (born November 17 1963) is a Norwegian politician for the Coastal Party, the current mayor of Skjervøy. The Christian Democratic Party ( Kristelig Folkeparti or Kristeleg Folkeparti, KrF is a Christian Democratic Norwegian Political party

The Coastal Party is to a very large degree regionally based. In the 2005 parliamentary election, 59% of their votes came from the three northernmost counties, Finnmark, Troms and Nordland. Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 September 2005. or Finnmárku ( Sami language) is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. or Romsa ( Sami language) is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest is a county in Norway, bordering Troms in the north Nord-Trøndelag in the south Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east Västerbottens Their best result came in Troms, where they won 8. or Romsa ( Sami language) is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest 6% of the votes. In two municipalities, Karlsøy and Skjervøy, they even became the largest party. Karlsøy is a municipality in the county of Troms, Norway. Karlsøy was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt Skjervøy is a municipality in the county of Troms Norway. Skjervøy was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt) In the country as a whole however, they only won 0. 8% of the votes, down from 1. 7% in 2001, and the party lost its only seat in the Storting. The Storting ( Stortinget, literally "the Great Thing /Assembly" is the Norwegian Parliament, and is located in the capital city

Party leaders

• Steinar Bastesen 1999-2005
• Roy Waage 2005-
  • Waage is currently on leave for the rest of 2007, and is temporarily replaced by Kjell Ivar Vestå^[1]

References

External links

• (Norwegian) Official web site

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