Liberala samlingspartiet

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Liberala samlingspartiet ( Swedish for Liberal Collection Party ) was a liberal party represented in the Swedish Reichstag .

history

The party was founded on January 16, 1900 by the merger of Folkpartiet and two liberal groups in the Reichstag Friesenska discussion clubs and Bondeska discussion clubs . The new party joined a conservative part of Lantmannapartiet and independents to. One of the main goals of the party was the introduction of universal suffrage .

When it was founded, the Liberal Gathering Party had 84 members in the Second Chamber of the Reichstag. In the election to the Swedish Reichstag in 1905 , the party was able to achieve its best result with 106 seats and, following the election with Karl Staaff, was the prime minister (1905-06). The party provided the head of government two more times, from 1911–14 (also Karl Staaff) and 1917–20 with Nils Edén .

In the dispute over a general alcohol ban , the party split in 1924 into Frisinnade folkpartiet and Liberala riksdagspartiet .

Party leader

period Party leader
1900-1905 Sixten of Friesian
1907-1915 Karl Staaff
1915-1918 Daniel Persson
1918-1924 Nils Edén

Individual evidence

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