Caps (party)

Caps
mössorna
LeadersArvid Horn,
Magnus Beronius,
Clas Frietzcky
Founded1737 (1737)
Dissolved1772 (1772)
HeadquartersStockholm
IdeologyLiberalism
Whiggism[1]
Agrarianism
Russophilia
Political positionCentre-left
ReligionLutheranism

The Caps (Swedish: mössorna) were a political faction during the Age of Liberty (1719–1772) in Sweden. The primary rivals of the Caps were known as the Hats. The Hats are actually responsible for the Caps' name, as it comes from a contraction of Night-cap, a name used to suggest that the Caps were the soft and timid party. The Caps represented mostly peasants and clergymen.[2][3]

  1. ^ Peter Lawrence; Tony Spybey, eds. (2018). Management and Society in Sweden. Routledge. ISBN 9781351331296. ... after all, independent landowners on a small scale in their own right, whilst the Caps, especially the Younger Caps, pursued Whiggish liberal politics.
  2. ^ Scandinavia: A Political History of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1513 to 1960, p. 351, at Google Books
  3. ^ The Age of Liberty: Sweden 1719–1772, p. 143, at Google Books