The Green Party (Bokmål: Miljøpartiet De Grønne, Nynorsk: Miljøpartiet Dei Grøne, Northern Sami: Birasbellodat Ruonát, literally "The Environment Party The Greens") is a Norwegian political party. The party holds one seat in the Parliament of Norway (gaining 2.8% in the 2013 elections) and also has representation in municipal councils and county councils (gaining 4.2% in the 2015 elections).[4] The Green Party advocates green politics, and has been described as centre-left by academics and voters.[2][3] The party itself claims distance to the two dominant right-wing and left-wing political blocs, jointly denominated as "the fossil block".[5]