brun-rød politisk allianse

English translation: brown-red political alliance

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Norwegian term or phrase:brun-rød politisk allianse
English translation:brown-red political alliance
Entered by: Mats Wiman

08:26 Jan 8, 2005
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / Public administration
Norwegian term or phrase: brun-rød politisk allianse
partipolitisk sammenslåing, går jeg utfra, men som består av hva?
doatley
Norway
Local time: 09:01
brown-red political alliance
Explanation:
'brown' connoting nazi (brown-shirts), fascist, reactionary, ultra-right-wing, nationalist etc
'red' = all shades of socialist/social-democratic parties/associations

Without knowing the context one cannot say more. Please take your pick.
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Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 09:01
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5 +3brown-red political alliance
Mats Wiman
4 +1red-brown political alliance
brigidm


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
brun-rød politisk allianse
brown-red political alliance


Explanation:
'brown' connoting nazi (brown-shirts), fascist, reactionary, ultra-right-wing, nationalist etc
'red' = all shades of socialist/social-democratic parties/associations

Without knowing the context one cannot say more. Please take your pick.

Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 09:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Andersen: precisely what I thought too
2 hrs

agree  Richard Lawson: These are certainly the connotations involved, but which parties are referred to rather depends on who said it and when. Some people rather distastefully refer to any populistic right-wing party as "brown".
3 hrs

agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X)
5 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
brun-rød politisk allianse
red-brown political alliance


Explanation:
Sorry to sound picky here, but it does look like the accepted term has the colouring the other way round! If you do a search for "red-brown alliance" or "red-brown politics" you will get lots of relevant relevant hits.

brigidm
Norway
Local time: 09:01
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charlesp: i agree, Red-Brown is the way it is referred to. See eg. http://odin.dep.no/ud/engelsk/publ/rapporter/032001-220004/h... and http://www.deanesmay.com/archives/001250.html
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