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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 article it is not necessary for parties to have labelled themselves as a liberal party.

==Background==
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>

==History==

===From People's Party to The Liberals===
*1895: The liberal wing of the [[Old Party of the Gentry]] ('[['Gamla Lantmannapartiet]]'') seceded and formed the '''[[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|People's Party]]''' (''Folkpartiet'')
*1900: The liberals are reorganised into the '''[[Liberal Coalition Party]]'''/'''[[Freeminded National Association]]''' (''Liberala Samlingspartiet/Frisinnade Landsföreningen'')
*1922: The party fell apart into the '''[[Freeminded People's Party (Sweden)|Freeminded People's Party]]'''/Freeminded National Association (''Frisinnade Folkpartiet/Frisinnade Landsföreningen'') and the ⇒ Liberal Party of Sweden
*1934: Both parties re-united into the '''[[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|People's Party]]''' (''Folkpartiet'')
*1990: The party is renamed '''[[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|People's Party - The Liberals]]''' (''Folkpartiet Liberalerna'')
*2015: The party shortened its name to '''[[Liberals (Sweden)|The Liberals]]''' (''Liberalerna'').

===Liberal Party of Sweden===
*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===
*1958: The agrarian Rural Party - Farmers' League (''Landbygdspartiet Bondeförbundet'') renamed itself into '''[[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]]''' (''Centerpartiet'') and evolved gradually from an agrarian into a more liberal direction.

==Liberal leaders==
*Freeminded National Association: [[Karl Staaff]] - [[Nils Edén]] - [[Carl Gustaf Ekman]] - [[Felix Hamrin]]
*Folkpartiet/Liberalerna: [[Bertil Ohlin]] - [[Gunnar Helén]] - [[Per Ahlmark]] - [[Ola Ullsten]] - [[Bengt Westerberg]] - [[Maria Leissner]] - [[Lars Leijonborg]] - [[Jan Björklund]] - [[Nyamko Sabuni]] - [[Johan Pehrson]]
*Centerpartiet: [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]] - [[Maud Olofsson]] - [[Annie Lööf]] - [[Muharrem Demirok]]

==Liberal thinkers==
In the [[Contributions to liberal theory]] the following Swedish thinkers are included:

*[[Anders Chydenius]] (1729–1803)
*[[Ivan Bratt]] (1878–1956)
*[[Bertil Ohlin]] (1899–1979)

==See also==
* [[History of Sweden]]
* [[Politics of Sweden]]
* [[List of political parties in Sweden]]

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==References==
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