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Moderate Party

political party in Sweden

Key facts

Abbreviation: M
Chairperson: Ulf Kristersson
Secretary: Karin Enström
Parliamentary group leader: Mattias Karlsson
Founded: 17 October 1904 ; 121 years ago ( 1904-10-17 )
Headquarters: Blasieholmsgatan 4 A, Norrmalm , Stockholm
Student wing: Moderate Students (official), Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students (unofficial)
Youth wing: Moderate Youth League
Lgbt wing: Open Moderates
Membership 2023: 46,501
Ideology: Liberal conservatism , Pro-Europeanism
Political position: Centre-right
European affiliation: European People's Party
European parliament group: European People's Party Group
International affiliation: International Democracy Union
Nordic affiliation: Conservative Group
Colours: Dark blue (official) Light blue Sky blue (customary)
Slogan: Säkrare, grönare, friare ('Safer, Greener, Freer')

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The Moderate Party (Swedish: Moderata samlingspartiet [mʊdɛˈrɑ̌ːta ˈsâmːlɪŋspaˌʈiːɛt] , lit. 'Moderate Coalition Party', M), commonly referred to as the Moderates (Swedish: Moderaterna [mʊdɛˈrɑ̌ːtɛɳa] ), is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic liberalism. Globally, it is a full member of the International Democracy Union and the European People's Party.

The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League (Allmänna valmansförbundet [ˈâlːmɛnːa ˈvɑ̂ːlmansfœrˌbɵndɛt] ) by a group of conservatives in the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament. The party was later known as The Right (Högern [ˈhø̌ːɡɛɳ] ; 1938–1952) and The Right Party (Högerpartiet [ˈhø̂ːɡɛrpaˌʈiːɛt] ; 1952–1969). During this time, the party was usually called the Conservative Party outside of Sweden.