ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the existing research on populism and populist communication in Norway. Norwegian research on populism and populist political communication has predominantly been related to the Progress Party (FrP). The rise of the FrP has been explained by a variety of different factors, including the supply side, the demand side, and political opportunity structures. The chapter explores how populist actors and their communicative strategies resonate with journalistic media, and how individual media outlets deal with populist discourse are clearly under-researched areas of Norwegian political communications. It is more common for immigration critics who support the FrP to debate on online news site discussion forums and political party websites than on Twitter, which is more dominated by liberals and pro-immigration debaters. The party has been highly successful as regards the mobilization of politically cynical voters and of those who are skeptical of immigration.
