Liberal Swedish Party
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Liberal Swedish Party | |
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Founded | 1919 |
Dissolved | 1951 |
Ideology | Liberalism Swedish minority interests Republicanism |
Political position | Centre-left |
The Liberal Swedish Party (In Swedish: Svenska frisinnade partiet, RVP, In Finnish Ruotsalainen vapaamielinen puolue) was a political party in Finland, working amongst the Swedish-speaking minority. The party founded in 1919 under the name of Swedish Left (In Swedish: Svensk Vänster, SV and in Finnish Ruotsalainen vasemmisto, RV) until the 1947. Ideologically the party preferred a republican state rather than a monarchy, which differentiated them from the majority of the Swedish People's Party, which tended to hold more conservative views. The party was represented in the Parliament of Finland by , and . The party was dissolved in 1951.
In the 1945 parliamentary election the party got 8 192 votes (0.48%) and one seat.
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