 At the conference , the name Free Democrats ( Norwegian : Fridemokratene ) was adopted , and the band of four were chosen as leaders . Two hundred people joined , and it had four county leaders ; Per Aage Pleym Christensen for Akershus , Geir Thoresen for Buskerud , the former city council secretary Roy Venge Tollefsen in Oslo and Thor Simonsen in Østfold . Wibe , on the other hand , left politics , as did Lars Erik Grønntun . The board members of Aust @-@ Agder Youth of the Progress Party joined the Free Democrats in August . Ellen Christine Christiansen stated that " time will tell whether we become a political party " . The issue was discussed again at a national convention in September 1994 . The Vestfold chapter wanted to field in the Norwegian parliamentary election , 1997 with Oscar Hillgaar on the ballot , but this did not happen . 
