User:Lordmetroid/Libertarian Party (Sweden)

Lordmetroid/Libertarian Party
Leader	Andreas Agorander
Founded	autumn 2005
Headquarters	Stockholm
Ideology	Libertarianism/Classical liberalism
Colours	Lime/Blue
Website
www.liberalapartiet.se
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The Libertarian Party (Swedish: Liberala Partiet) is a classical liberal and libertarian political party in Sweden. The long-term goal of the party is to achieve a night watchman state, though the party acknowledges the need for reform – changes in step with the development of Swedish civil society. Political positions held by the Libertarian Party are such as:

• tax cuts, reduction of public spending, and privatisation in order to expand civil society
• abolishing trade barriers, subsidies and regulations of wages, prices, rents and interest
• end compulsory military service

History and Founding

Formed in late 2005, the party is still in its infancy and still collecting the 1,500 signatures required to register the party's designation with the Swedish Election Authority (Valmyndigheten). The name the party wants to register as, is Klassiskt Liberala Partiet (Classical Liberal Party). Since registering plain Liberala Partiet would not likely be accepted as the name it to similar to the well-established party Folkpartiet, whose full name is Folkpartiet Liberalerna (People's Party the Liberals). As evident in 1991 when Folkpartiet protested against a party wanting to register a designation as Liberala Partiet, and the protest was successful.

The party was formed because there was no other party with a libertarian standpoint to the society. The political agenda of the party originates from a consistent defence of civil liberties and personal freedom.

On August 31:st 2006, the party received its first smidgeon of public recognition when Andreas Agorander, leader at the time, represented the party on Swedish TV show Insider.

Current status

The party is still almost completely unknown to the public. In the 2006 Swedish elections the party received a total of 202 votes.

External links

• Liberala Partiet — official website (in Swedish)
• Liberal Debatt — semi-official temporary forum (in Swedish)
• May day, aftermath — Demonstration in Gothenburg, 2006
• Informationsfilm — Short information film made for TV show Insider (in Swedish)