18 Facts About Moderate Party

Moderate Party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament.

Moderate Party was founded on 17 October 1904 in a restaurant called Runan in Stockholm.

Moderate Party's leadership was marked by a consolidation of the Swedish right, and by transforming the party into a modern, effective, political movement.

The Moderate Party intensified its opposition to socialism during the leadership of Lindman—the importance of continuance and strengthening national business were cornerstones.

The government of Lindman fell in 1930 after the Social Democrats and the Freeminded People's Moderate Party had blocked a proposition for raised customs duty on grain.

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Moderate Party participated in the third cabinet of Per Albin Hansson during the Second World War.

Moderate Party had significant success in the elections during the 1950s and became the largest party of the opposition in 1958.

Moderate Party joined the government under Thorbjorn Falldin, with Gosta Bohman as Minister of Economy.

The non-socialist parties managed to remain in power until 1982 in different constellations, but the election of 1979 again made the Moderate Party become the second party after the Social Democrats, a position it has held since then.

The Moderate Party led a center-right coalition between 1991 and 1994, with Bildt serving as the first conservative Prime Minister since Arvid Lindman.

Moderate Party gained votes in 1994, but the governing coalition lost its majority.

The Moderate Party has since 2006 used the slogan "the Swedish Workers' Party", a slogan formerly synonymous with the Social Democrats.

The Moderate Party had formed the Alliance for Sweden, a political and electoral alliance, along with the Centre Party, the Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats prior to this election.

Moderate Party is the longest-serving non–Social Democrat Prime Minister since Erik Gustaf Bostrom who left office in 1900.

Moderate Party made its worst election result since 2002 in the 2018 general election.

Moderate Party states that its ideology is a mix of liberalism and conservatism, and corresponds to what is called liberal conservatism.

Moderate Party campaigned for changing currency to the euro in the 2003 referendum.

Moderate Party is in favour of Swedish membership of NATO and wants Sweden to apply for a membership during the next term of office after the 2018 Swedish general election.