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This article gives an overview of '''liberalism and centrism in [[Sweden]]'''. It is limited to [[liberalism|liberal]] and [[centrist]] [[political party|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 scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.
This article gives an overview of '''liberalism and centrism in [[Sweden]]'''. It is limited to [[liberalism|liberal]] and [[centrist]] [[political party|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==
==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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Story of Sweden Is About Markets, Not Socialism|url=https://www.atlasnetwork.org/news/article/the-story-of-sweden-is-about-markets-not-socialism|access-date=2021-07-01|website=[[Atlas Network]]|date=17 September 2018 }}</ref> Nowadays [[Liberals (Sweden)|The Liberals]] (''Liberalerna'', member of [[Liberal International|LI]] and [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|ALDE]]) calls itself a centre-right liberal party. The [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]] (''Centerpartiet'', member of [[Liberal International|LI]] and [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|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.<ref>https://www.centerpartiet.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Här-kan-du-läsa-hela-idéprogrammet.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411111350/https://www.centerpartiet.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/H%c3%a4r-kan-du-l%c3%a4sa-hela-id%c3%a9programmet.pdf |date=2015-04-11 }}</ref>
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Liberalism has been a major force in Sweden since the 19th century. Nowadays [[Liberals (Sweden)|The Liberals]] (''Liberalerna'', member [[Liberal International|LI]], [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|ALDE]]) calls itself a centre-right liberal party. The [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]] (''Centerpartiet'', member [[Liberal International|LI]], [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|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.<ref>https://www.centerpartiet.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Här-kan-du-läsa-hela-idéprogrammet.pdf</ref>


==History==
==History==
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==Liberal leaders==
==Liberal leaders==
*Folkpartiet/Liberalerna: [[Bertil Ohlin]] - [[Gunnar Helén]] - [[Per Ahlmark]] - [[Ola Ullsten]] - [[Bengt Westerberg]] - [[Maria Leissner]] - [[Lars Leijonborg]] - [[Jan Björklund]]
*Folkpartiet/Liberalerna: [[Bertil Ohlin]] - [[Gunnar Helén]] - [[Per Ahlmark]] - [[Ola Ullsten]] - [[Bengt Westerberg]] - [[Maria Leissner]] - [[Lars Leijonborg]] - [[Jan Björklund]] - [[Nyamko Sabuni]]
*Centerpartiet: [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]] - [[Maud Olofsson]] - [[Annie Lööf]]
*Centerpartiet: [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]] - [[Maud Olofsson]] - [[Annie Lööf]]


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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.[1] 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.[2]

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 Bondeförbundet) 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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References

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  1. ^ "The Story of Sweden Is About Markets, Not Socialism". Atlas Network. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  2. ^ https://www.centerpartiet.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Här-kan-du-läsa-hela-idéprogrammet.pdf Archived 2015-04-11 at the Wayback Machine


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