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The Liberal Party of Sweden (in Swedish: Folkpartiet liberalerna, abbreviated fp, meaning People's Party the Liberals) is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is considered center-right in Swedish politics. It is the third largest party in the Swedish parliament and currently is in the opposition bloc. Image File history File links Official logo of the Liberal Peoples Party of Sweden. ...
Lars Leijonborg (born 1949) is a Swedish politician and the leader of the liberal Peoples Party. ...
February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Stockholm panorama from the City Hall is the capital of Sweden, located on the south east coast of Sweden. ...
Social liberalism is either a synonym for new liberalism or a label used by progressive liberal parties in order to differentiate themselves from the more conservative liberal parties, especially when there are two or more liberal parties in a country. ...
The Liberal International is an international organization for international liberal parties. ...
The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993) is a liberal party, active in the European Union, uniting liberal and centrist parties around Europe which together represent more than 20 million European voters and is an international non-profit association incorporated under the laws of Belgium. ...
ALDE logo The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (French: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour lEurope) is a Group in the European Parliament. ...
Blue is any of a number of similar colors. ...
The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585–620 nanometres. ...
Popular government in Sweden rests upon ancient traditions. ...
A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ...
Social liberalism is either a synonym for new liberalism or a label used by progressive liberal parties in order to differentiate themselves from the more conservative liberal parties, especially when there are two or more liberal parties in a country. ...
Popular government in Sweden rests upon ancient traditions. ...
The Riksdag or Sveriges Riksdag is the Parliament of Sweden. ...
History 1809: The first liberal party is formed after a coup-d'êtat ends royal autocracy; it is possibly the first party in the world to use the word "liberal" in its name.
1890: The Swedish League for Universal Suffrage is formed and is dominated by liberals.
1895: "Folkpartiet" (The People's Party/The Popular Party), a liberal/radical party is formed; it has the same name as the present party.
1900: The Liberal Party is formed by merging several liberal parliamentary groups.
1902: "Frisinnade Landsföreningen" (loosely translatable as The Free-spirited National Association") is formed as the first liberal party with a national grass-roots organization. It is heavily reliant on the "free religious" church movement.
1905: Karl Staaff is elected party chairperson and takes part in a coalition government, where he promotes a peaceful end to Swedish sovereignty over Norway and universal suffrage. Karl Albert Staaff (21 January 1860 – 4 October 1915), liberal politician lawyer, member of the swedish parliaments II Cabinet 1896-1915 , Leader of Liberala samlingspartiet 1907-15, prime minister 1905-06 and 1911-14. ...
1905-07: Karl Staaff appointed prime minister. Weighted suffrage for men is introduced despite heavy opposition from conservatives.
1911: Staaff is once again appointed prime minister.
1914: Staaff resigns in protest after the king Gustav V has criticised the government's pacifist stance in a speech to anti-liberal farmers gathered in the courtyard of Stockholm Palace (The Courtyard Crisis). Sweden however remains neutral during the first world war. King Gustav V of Sweden, Oscar Gustaf Adolf (June 16, 1858 - October 29, 1950), was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway. ...
Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes. ...
The Stockholm Palace (Swedish: Stockholms slott) is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch. ...
Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
1917-20: Party chairperson Nils Edén heads a Liberal-Social Democrat coalition government that introduces democracy to Sweden, granting full and equal suffrage to men and women alike, effective in the 1921 elections. Other reforms include the eight hour working day. Nils Edén Nils Edén (25 August 1871–16 June 1945) was a Swedish historian and liberal politician, Prime Minister of Sweden 1917–1920. ...
1923: "Frisinnade Landsföreningen" splits over alcohol prohibition; the anti-ban minority forms Liberal Party of Sweden. "Frisinnade Landsföreningen" heads several governments during the following years.-1...
1934: The parties reconcile and form "Folkpartiet" (The People's/Popular Party), i.e. the party in its present form.
1939-45: Parttakes in a wartime coalition government comprising all parties except the Communists. Sweden sticks to neutrality during the second world war.
1976: Enters a three-party government ending 44 years of Social Democrat rule (excepting the wartime emergency grand coalition).
1978: The Liberal Party forms a short-lived minority government by itself, with chairperson Ola Ullsten as prime minister. Hans Blix, of later Iraq-war fame, is foreign minister. Ola Ullsten (born June 23, 1931) is a Swedish liberal politician, and the former party leader of the Swedish Liberal Peoples Party. ...
Hans Blix in Vienna 2002. ...
1979: A new attempt at a three-part coalition is made.
1980: Forms a two-party coalition government with the Centre party. The Centre Party (Centerpartiet) is a political party in Sweden. ...
1990: Adds "Liberalerna" (The Liberals) to its name.
1991-94: Part of four-party coalition government under Conservative leader Carl Bildt. (help· info) (born July 15, 1949) is a Swedish politician, diplomat and nobleman. ...
Ideology The official party ideology is "social liberalism", which translates as a strong ideological commitment to a free-market economy combined with support for comprehensive social welfare programs. In the party platform the party calls for "social responsibility without socialism." A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy...
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Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ...
While initially allied with the Social Democrats in the struggle for democracy (achieved in 1921) and social reform, the Liberal Party came to be part of the opposition from the thirties and onwards, opposing Social Democrat demands for nationalization of private businesses. It has stayed opposed to the Social Democrats ever since, often as the largest or second-largest party of the opposition block (called the non-socialists or "de borgerliga", approximately the bourgeois), but often equally critical towards parties on the right. Over time, this has shifted towards a more clear-cut rightwing role. In the mid-nineties, the party seemed to have ruled out the alternative of co-operation with the Social Democrats, focusing instead on bringing them down by strengthening the opposition. The Swedish Social Democratic Workers Party or Social Democrats (Swedish: Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti or Socialdemokraterna; literally, Social Democratic Workers Party of Sweden and Social Democrats) is a major political party in Sweden. ...
Nationalization or nationalisation is the act of taking assets into state ownership. ...
Foreign aid and women's equality were very important issues for the party in the past, and today the party advocates "liberal feminism" and giving a full percent of the gross national income as foreign aid (presently Sweden gives 0,7%, one of few countries to uphold the UN's demand to do so). Statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, a famous suffragette, in Victoria Tower Gardens next to the Houses of Parliament, Westminster. ...
Foreign policy is another high-profile issue. Always oriented towards the United States and the UK, the party was a strong opponent of Communism and Nazism during the 20th century. While it was part of and supported the Swedish coalition government and its position of neutrality during the Second world war, the party advocated an active stance against the Soviet Union during the Cold war. As a consequence, it suffered several sharply worded rebukes from the often-ruling Social Democrats for endangering Swedish relations to the Soviet Union. It also criticised what it perceived as Social Democrat tolerance of left wing dictatorships in the third world, and supported the United States in the Vietnam war. After the end of the Cold war it became the first Swedish party to call for abandoning the country's traditional neutrality, in favor of joining NATO. communist party article. ...
National Socialism redirects here. ...
Neutral means balanced between two or more opposites. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
The Cold War was the protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States, supported by their alliance partners. ...
Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 230,000 South Vietnamese wounded: 300,000 US dead...
NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ...
In third world issues, the party has mixed policies: on the one hand it supported decolonization and advocated boycotting South Africa to help overthrow Apartheid rule. On the other hand, it is strongly supportive of Israel. Colonialism in 1945 Decolonization is the process by which a colony gains its independence from a colonial power, a process opposite to colonization. ...
A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ...
On the European level, the Liberal Party of Sweden was strongly supportive of the emergence of the European Union, and campaigned for Swedish entry into it (which happened in 1995). It also campaigned for joining the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union, but this was voted down by the Swedes in a referendum in 2004. The party has aimed to come across as the most "pro-European" party, trying to break what it refers to as the country's "isolationist" mindset. It is supportive of EU enlargement, including letting Turkey join on condition of democratic reform, and also advocates further integrative measures, with some members, including the youth organization, openly calling for a single federal European state. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In economics, a monetary union is a situation where several countries have agreed to share a single currency among them. ...
A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
States colour-shaded according to entry (darkest being earliest) The European Union originally consisted of six member states. ...
Recently, the Liberal Party of Sweden supported the invasion of Iraq, but stopped short of demanding Swedish participation in the US-led "coalition of the willing". It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with multinational force in Iraq. ...
Voter base The party voter base is mainly centered on educated middle-class voters. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
Historically the party had a strong base in the 'free churches' (Protestant congregations not part of the state church that turned into powerful grass-roots movements in the late 19th century), but with the exception of certain regions, that is not a significant feature today. Tensions between factions sometimes described as "the free religionists" and "the metropolitan liberals" (occasionally in the form of an open left-right conflict, with the "free religious" members emphasizing the social aspect over liberal economics) was an important part of party life up until the seventies. It provoked a party split in the twenties, centered on the question of an alcohol ban, but differences were eventually repaired (the re-merging of the parties in 1934 is one of the party's plethora of official creation dates, some others being 1895, 1900 and 1902, providing frequent cause for anniversary celebrations). 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ...
1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Since 2002 the party has been accused of trying to attract new voters by adopting right-wing populist rhetoric, although the party also proposes to open Sweden's doors to economic migrants and to additional asylum seekers. Party leader Lars Leijonborg proposed a language test for immigrants who applied for Swedish citizenship. However, proficiency in the national language is not a particularly unusual requirement for citizenship of a country. Recently, the party's education spokesman and first deputy chairman Jan Björklund has called on schoolteachers to report schoolchildren with extreme opinions to the intelligence services, something which has caused opposition from within the party, not least from the youth league. It has campaigns strongly against terrorism and criminality. While these tactics may have helped to more than double party support in the 2002 elections (to 13.3%), they have also provoked accusations of betraying liberal ideology from within leftist factions of the party, and led to criticism from the strong liberal press in Sweden. However, the party, which has historically been the most pro-immigration Swedish party, has also proposed measures intended to make it easier for foreigners to visit relatives living in Sweden, and to ease restrictions on economic migrants, for which it has been opposed by the governing Social Democrats. In its policy on integration, the party claims to support more open immigration combined with measures to help new arrivals to integrate into Swedish society. It also publicly distanced itself from an anti-immigration campaign by its Danish sister party Venstre, and rejected an endorsement from the far-right Swedish Democrats. The Swedish Social Democratic Workers Party or Social Democrats (Swedish: Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti or Socialdemokraterna; literally, Social Democratic Workers Party of Sweden and Social Democrats) is a major political party in Sweden. ...
Venstre (in Danish literally: Left) is the biggest political party in Denmark, ideologically based on free market Liberalism, now a right-of-centre party. ...
Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) is a Swedish political party. ...
Affiliated organizations and international memberships The Liberal Party of Sweden has a youth organization called Liberal Youth League (Liberala ungdomsförbundet, LUF), which has its own platform and maintains a separate organization from the party. Its chairperson is Fredrik Malm. The Liberal Youth League (Liberala ungdomsförbundet, abbreviated LUF) is the youth organization of the Swedish Liberal Party. ...
There is also a Women's organization called Liberal Women (Liberala Kvinnor, LK, chairperson Helena Bargholtz) and immigrants' organization called Liberala invandrarförbundet, LIF, (Liberal Immigrants' Association, chairperson Farrokh Farrokhi). Additionally, party members maintain a number of small ad hoc "networks" addressing specific issues.
In the European Parliament, Folkpartiet is a member of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party group, and internationally it is member of the Liberal International. It is also part of Liberal organizations on the Nordic and Baltic levels. The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The inside of the building The European Parliament (formerly European Parliamentary Assembly) is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...
The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party aisbl (founded 1993) is a liberal party, active in the European Union, uniting liberal and centrist parties around Europe which together represent more than 20 million European voters and is an international non-profit association incorporated under the laws of Belgium. ...
The Liberal International is an international organization for international liberal parties. ...
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The Baltic Sea The terms Baltic countries, Baltic Sea countries, Baltic states, and Balticum refer to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea. ...
Election results Election results by year, not including pre-1934 history:
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1859x709, 54 KB) Election results for the Swedish Liberal Peoples Party. ...
Party Leaders Bertil Ohlin (April 23, 1899 – August 3, 1979), was a Swedish economist and winner of the 1977 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. ...
Gunnar Helén, Swedish politician. ...
Per Ahlmark Photo: Ann Ek Per Axel Ahlmark (born January 15, 1939) is a Swedish writer and former politician. ...
Ola Ullsten (born June 23, 1931) is a Swedish liberal politician, and the former party leader of the Swedish Liberal Peoples Party. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
Bengt Westerberg (born August 23, 1943 in Södertälje, Stockholm County) is a Swedish politician, the leader of the Liberal Peoples Party from 1983 to 1995. ...
Maria Leissner (born 1956) is a Swedish politician and former party leader of the Liberal party in Sweden, the Folkpartiet (1995–97). ...
Lars Leijonborg (born 1949) is a Swedish politician and the leader of the liberal Peoples Party. ...
See also The Alliance for Sweden is a political alliance in Sweden. ...
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Folkpartister i Svenska kyrkan is a nominating group of members of Folkpartiet liberalerna that work within the Church of Sweden. ...
References The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ...
External links - Folkpartiet official site (Swedish)
- Liberal People's Party English-language site (English)
- The Swedish Parliament: The Liberal Party (English)
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