Programvalgene

Programvalgene is a term used in Norwegian and Swedish (often in plural form) to refer to the policy programs or platforms that political parties present to voters during elections. The term combines program, meaning a party's stated set of policy priorities, with valgene, the elections or the act of choosing. In this usage, programvalgene denote the package of proposals a party pledges to pursue if it forms government, as distinct from legislative proposals currently under consideration or from campaign rhetoric alone.

In political science, analysts compare programvalgene across parties and over time to assess priorities, fiscal implications, and political feasibility. Journalists summarize programvalgene to highlight contrasts between parties, such as tax policy, welfare, climate, education, and public safety.

While most common in Nordic political discourse, the concept is closely related to the broader idea of a party platform or manifesto and to the study of electoral programs (electoral platforms).

In other contexts, the phrase could be used metaphorically to refer to any set of planned actions or programs in an organization, but its strongest association remains electoral platforms.

See also: political platform, manifesto, electoral program.