Moderate Liberal Party

For the 19th century Spanish political party, see Moderate Party (Spain).
Moderate Liberal Party
Moderate Venstre
Founded1888
Dissolved1906
Split fromLiberal Party
Merged intoConservative Party
NewspaperVestlands-Posten[1]
Stavanger Aftenblad
Folketidende (from 1887)
Framgang (from 1894)
IdeologyChristian democracy[2]
Social conservatism[3]
Pietistic revivalism[4]
Unionism (from 1893)[5]
Political positionCentre[5][6]
National affiliationCoalition Party (1903–06)

The Moderate Liberal Party (Norwegian: Moderate Venstre, literally "Moderate Left") was a political party in Norway that emerged from the moderate and religious branches of the Liberal Party in 1888. The party's turn towards cooperation with the Conservative Party caused a party split in 1891, eventually sharpening its profile as a moderate-conservative party based among the low church of south-western Norway. The party was dissolved shortly after the dissolution of the union with Sweden in 1905.

  1. ^ "Moderate Venstre, Det". Tidens leksikon (in Norwegian). Tiden. 1975. p. 365. ISBN 82-10-00922-2.
  2. ^ Fitjar, Rune Dahl (2009). The Rise of Regionalism: Causes of Regional Mobilization in Western Europe. Routledge. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-135-20330-6.
  3. ^ "Det Moderate Venstre". Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste.
  4. ^ Jeffrey K. Hadden; Anson D. Shupe (1988). The Politics of religion and social change. Paragon House. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-913757-76-5. In the 1888 election, the moderate left, which drew much of its support from the radical revivalists of the south and west, emerged as a largely regional party more or less closely associated with radical revivalism. The party was little more than a vehicle for individual representatives, however, and never developed a distinctive program.
  5. ^ a b Kaartvedt, Alf (1984). Drømmen om borgerlig samling: 1884-1918 (in Norwegian). Cappelen. pp. 122–124. ISBN 82-02-04990-3.
  6. ^ Danielsen, Rolf; Dyrvik, Ståle; Grønlie, Tore; Helle, Knut; Hovland, Edgar (1991). Grunntrekk i norsk historie (1 ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 249. ISBN 978-82-00-21273-7.