Communist Party of Norway

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The Communist Party of Norway (Norwegian: Norges Kommunistiske Parti, NKP) is a Marxist-Leninist party in Norway. It was formed in 1923, following a split in the Norwegian Labour Party. From its onset the NKP accepted Bolshevization and the Soviet Union's leading role in the Communist International. As such, it followed the official line of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was particularly critical of Trotskyism and Titoism during Joseph Stalin's tenure as the leader of the Soviet Union. During the Second World War, the NKP initially opposed active resistance to the German occupation, in deference to the non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Once Germany terminated the pact and attacked the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of Norway joined the resistance. As a result of its role in the anti-Nazi struggle, the NKP experienced a brief surge in popularity immediately after the war, but popular sympathy waned with the onset of the Cold War. The ruling Labour...

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