Centre Party (Sweden)

The Centre Party (Centerpartiet) is a political party in Sweden. The party maintains close ties to rural Sweden. The ideology is sometimes called agrarian, but in a European context, the Centre Party can perhaps best be characterized as social liberal focusing on agricultural, environmental, and rural questions. Longterm key issues have been opposition to nuclear power and proposals to decentralize governmental authority.

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Political party - Sweden - Agrarian - Europe - Social liberal - Agricultural - Environmental - Rural - Nuclear power - Decentralize

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The party was founded in 1913 as Bondeförbundet (Peasants' League). In 1922 it merged with Jordbrukarnas Riksförbund (National Farmers Union).

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1913 - 1922 - Jordbrukarnas Riksförbund

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The name of the party changed from Bondeförbundet in 1957. It had then been the closest ally of the Social Democrats for 25 years, and coalition partners 1936–1945 as well as 1951–1957, but has since revised this strategy in order to establish a closer longterm alliance between the non-Socialist parties, that succeeded the Social Democratic cabinets 1976–1982 and 1991–1994. The Swedish Prime Minister Torbjörn Fälldin was the leader of the Centre Party.

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1957 - Social Democrats - Coalition - 1936 - 1945 - 1951 - Socialist - 1976 - 1982 - 1991 - 1994 - Torbjörn Fälldin

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