Swedish Peoples' Party
Name in Finnish	Ruotsalainen kansanpuolue
Name in Swedish	Svenska folkpartiet
Leader	Stefan Wallin
Founded	1906
Headquarters	Simonsgatan 8 A FI-00101 Helsingfors
Political Ideology	Social liberalism
Political Position	Centre-right
European Affiliation	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
International Affiliation	Liberal International
Colours	Yellow
Website	http://www.sfp.fi
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The Swedish Peoples' Party (Swedish: Svenska folkpartiet (SFP); Finnish: Ruotsalainen kansanpuolue (RKP)) is a Swedish speaking minority and mainly liberal party in Finland. The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. The Minority Party (Minoritetspartiet) is a political party in Denmark without parliamentary representation. ... This is a list about liberalism and political parties around the world. ... Liberal International is a political international 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. ...

History and Electorate

The Swedish People's Party was founded by Axel Lille in 1906, making it one of the oldest parties in Finland. The current leader of the party is Stefan Wallin. In the Parliament of Finland the representative for Åland is usually included in SFP's parliamentary group, regardless of his/her party affiliation. (The political parties in Åland have no counterparts in Mainland Finland, but SFP's interests are very similar to those of Åland.) Axel Lille (1848 - 1921) was a Finnish politician of Finland-Swedish extraction and the founder of the Swedish Peoples Party. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Eduskunta (in Finnish), or the Riksdag (in Swedish), is the Parliament of Finland. ... Motto: none Anthem: Ã…länningens sÃ¥ng Capital Mariehamn Largest city Mariehamn Swedish Government Autonomous province  - Governor Peter Lindbäck1  - Premier Roger Nordlund Autonomy    - Declared 1920   - Recognized 19212  Accession to EU January 1, 19953 Area  - Total 13,517 km² (n/a) 5,267 sq mi   - Water (%) 89 Population  - 2005 estimate... Mainland Finland (Manner-Suomi) is a term used for instance in statistics to exclude the autonomous Ã…land Islands under Finnish sovereignty. ...

The party receives its main electoral support from the Swedish speaking minority, which makes up about 5.5%[1] of Finland's and Åland's population. During its history, the party has suffered slow but steady decline in adherence, following the decline of the Finland-Swedish population: in 1907 it got 12% of national votes, after World War II 7% and in the 2003 parliamentary election 4.5%. Despite its position as one of the minor political parties in the Finnish parliament it has frequently been one of the partners forming the governing coalition cabinets. Motto: none Anthem: Ã…länningens sÃ¥ng Capital Mariehamn Largest city Mariehamn Swedish Government Autonomous province  - Governor Peter Lindbäck1  - Premier Roger Nordlund Autonomy    - Declared 1920   - Recognized 19212  Accession to EU January 1, 19953 Area  - Total 13,517 km² (n/a) 5,267 sq mi   - Water (%) 89 Population  - 2005 estimate... A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ...

Political Positions

The Swedish language is one of the two official languages of Finland. The SFP has as its main raison d'être the protection and strengthening of the position of Swedish of Finland. An official language is a language that is given a privileged legal status in a state, or other legally-defined territory. ... ...

The Swedish People's Party has the most eclectic profile of any of the political parties in Finland, its members and supporters including (chiefly):

• fishermen and farmers from the Swedish-speaking coastal areas,
• small-town dwellers from the adjacent Swedish-speaking towns,
• green-minded and left-leaning middle-class intellectuals and cultural elite, and
• rightist-inclined economic liberals from Helsinki.

Although SFP represents a small minority of Finland, Swedish mother tongue per se is not much of a political handicap. Several times Swedish speaking presidential candidates have gathered considerable support, although not necessarily as candidates for the Swedish People's Party: Founded 1550 Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ... The President of Finland (Suomen Tasavallan Presidentti; Republiken Finlands President) is the Head of State of Finland. ...

• In 1956 the Finland-Swedish Social Democrat Fagerholm got one elector's vote less than needed to be elected, and the Agrarian Urho Kekkonen was elected.
• In 1994 the SFP-candidate Elisabeth Rehn lost to the Social Democrat candidate Martti Ahtisaari, also by a narrow margin (53.9% to 46.1%).

1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) is one of the most influential political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the Coalition Party. ... Karl-August Fagerholm (born 31 December 1901, dead 22 May 1984) was Speaker of Parliament and three times Prime Minister of Finland (1948–50, 1956–57, 1958–59). ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Finnish political parties | Nordic Agrarian parties ... Urho Kekkonen Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (September 3, 1900–August 31, 1986) was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland (1950-1953, 1954-1956) and later as President of Finland (1956–1981) and is many times referred as first dictator of Finland. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Märta Elisabeth Rehn (born April 6, 1935 in Helsingfors (fi. ... Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (IPA: ) (born June 23, 1937) is a former President of Finland (1994–2000) and a UN diplomat and mediator, noted for his international peace work. ...

List of party leaders

The current party leader Stefan Wallin.

• Axel Lille (1906–1917)
• Eric von Rettig (1917–1934)
• Ernst von Born (1934–1945
• Ralf Törngren (1945–1955)
• Ernst von Born (1955-1956)
• Lars Erik Taxell (1956–1966)
• Jan-Magnus Jansson (1966–1973)
• Kristian Gestrin (1973–1974)
• Carl Olof Tallgren (1974–1977)
• Pär Stenbäck (1977–1985)
• Christoffer Taxell (1985–1990)
• Ole Norrback (1990–1998)
• Jan-Erik Enestam (1998–2006)
• Stefan Wallin (2006–)

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See also

1960 municipal elections poster

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy
• Liberalism and centrism in Finland
• Finland's language strife
• Swedish Assembly of Finland
• Pakkoruotsi
• Svecoman
• Rolf Witting
• Axel Olof Freudenthal

Image File history File links Valj_svenskt. ... Image File history File links Valj_svenskt. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy. ... This article discusses liberalism as a major political current in specific regions and countries. ... This is an overview of parties that adhere more or less (explicitly) to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world. ... Liberal democracy is a form of government. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberalism by country | Finnish political parties ... The language strife was one of the major conflicts of Finlands national history and domestic politics. ... The Swedish Assembly of Finland (Svenska Finlands Folkting or Folktinget) is a semi-official body representing the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... The Swecomans, or Svekomans, was a political movement in the Grand Duchy of Finland, chiefly reactionary to the demands vigorously conveyed by the Fennomans for the substitution of Swedish in state administration, courts and schools with the Finnish language, then spoken by approximately 80 percent of the countrys population. ... Categories: Stub | 1879 births | 1944 deaths | Continuation War | Finnish politicians ...

External links

• Swedish People's Party (Finland) official site