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Overview of liberalism and centrism in Sweden
This article gives an overview of
liberalism and centrism in
Sweden
. It is limited to
liberal
and
centrist
parties
with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this article it is not necessary for parties to have labelled themselves as a liberal party.
Background
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Liberalism has been a major force in Sweden since the 19th century. And even before then, personalities like
Anders Chydenius
(1729 ? 1803), promoted the ideals of liberalism.
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Nowadays
The Liberals
(
Liberalerna
, member of
LI
and
ALDE
) calls itself a centre-right liberal party. The
Centre Party
(
Centerpartiet
, member of
LI
and
ALDE
) is a historically agrarian party that has gradually developed into a liberal party. Since their party congress in 2013, they define themselves as a green, liberal party.
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History
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From People's Party to The Liberals
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Liberal Party of Sweden
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- 1922: The Liberal Coalition Party fell apart into the ⇒ Freeminded People's Party and the
Liberal Party of Sweden
(
Sveriges Liberala Parti
)
- 1934: Both parties re-united into the ⇒ People's Party
Centre Party
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- 1958: The agrarian Rural Party - Farmers' League (
Landbygdspartiet Bondeforbundet
) renamed itself into
Centre Party
(
Centerpartiet
) and evolved gradually from an agrarian into a more liberal direction.
Liberal leaders
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Liberal thinkers
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In the
Contributions to liberal theory
the following Swedish thinkers are included:
See also
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