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‖ Venstre, n. (and a.) Pol.|ˈvɛnstrə|
[Da., Norw. venstre left.]
In Norway and Denmark, the Liberal Party, so called because it was orig. perceived as left-wing. Also, in Denmark, as Radikale Venstre, the Radical Liberal Party. Also as adj.
1911Encycl. Brit. XIX. 813/1 The ‘lawyers' party’..and the ‘peasant party’..formed an alliance... This was the foundation of the great national party, which became known as the ‘Venstre’ (the left). 1938J. H. S. Birch Denmark in Hist. xxiii. 407 The Left Party (Venstre) remained the strongest, though the Social Democrats were running close at its heels. 1960G. von Bonsdorff in Democracy in Finland ii. 19 The bourgeois centre party..the Radikale Venstre in Denmark, the Venstre in Norway..the party formed of farmers and country dwellers..the Venstre in Denmark. 1977Guardian Weekly 27 Feb. 8/3 The Venstre Party or Liberal Democrats, have lost half their parliamentary representation and are now in Denmark's political wilderness. 1990Europa World Yearbk. II. 1966/2 Venstre (Liberal)..f. 1884..aims at promoting national and democratic progress on the basis of the present system by gradual economic, social and cultural reforms. |