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Liberal Swedish Party | |
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| Abbreviation | SV, RV (1919–1947) SFP, RVP (1947–1951) |
| Founded | 1919 |
| Dissolved | 1951 |
| Ideology | Liberalism Swedish minority interests Republicanism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
The Liberal Swedish Party (Swedish: Svenska frisinnade partiet, Finnish: Ruotsalainen vapaamielinen puolue, lit. 'Swedish Free-Minded Party', RVP) was a political party in Finland, working amongst the Swedish-speaking minority. The party was founded in 1919 under the name of Swedish Left (In Swedish: Svensk Vänster, SV and in Finnish Ruotsalainen vasemmisto, RV).[1][2] 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 Georg Schauman, Georg von Wendt and Max Sergelius. The party was dissolved in 1951.
In the 1945 parliamentary election, the party received 8,192 votes (0.48%) and won one seat.
- ^ Mackie, T.T.; Rose, R. (2016). The International Almanac of Electoral History. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-349-09851-4. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
... Svenska Republikanska Vänstern in 1919 , renamed the Svenska Vänstern in 1920 and the Svenska Frisinnade Partiet in 1948. In 1930 and in 1939 the parties ran separate lists.
- ^ Caramani, D. (2017). Elections in Western Europe 1815–1996. Societies of Europe. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-349-65508-3. Retrieved 2 November 2024.