text: Moxnes (2012–2023) Bjørnar Moxnes was elected party leader in May 2012. During Moxnes' leadership, the party has increased its vote share severalfold. The party first broke Norway's 4% election threshold in the 2021 parliamentary elections, and entered the Storting with 4,7% and 8 deputies. The party subsequently grew in polls, reaching 10,3% and placing third in a nationwide poll conducted in February 2022 in its highest poll result to date.
  On 24 July 2023, Moxnes stepped down as party leader. This happened shortly after he stole sunglasses from the Oslo airport duty free shop. He claims that it happened by accident. He later confessed that his actions were caused by mental illness, and he would seek help.  He returned to politics in January 2024.
  After he stepped down, Moxnes was credited by some for making his party "mainstream", something never achieved by its predecessors.
  Sneve Martinussen (2023–present)
  Marie Sneve Martinussen has been the party's acting leader since July 2023, and on 9 April 2024, a committee recommended her for a permanent leadership post, subject to a vote in May 2024. She has previously been deputy leader since 2012, and commentators expected her not to make any notable course corrections in regards to strategy.
  Her leadership tenure has been marked by a plan to widen the party's appeal and to "restore the trust in democracy".