Liberal Party (Sweden) (1814: Norwegian Independence)

The Liberal Party (Swedish: Liberalerna, L) is a Liberal political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1944 as a protest group against the Swedish military dictatorship, under the name the People's Movement (Folkrörelsen). The group had to be in hidding before the dictatorship fell.

At the start, the movement was clearly classically liberal, and argued that the power of the dictatorship had, was achieved through the power of the Swedish state. After the military dictatorship, the movement reestablsished itself as the People's Party (Folkpartiet) before changing name to the current Liberal Party in 1982.

The Liberal Party have mostly been in opposition to the Social Democrats, often working together with the Conservatives and the Farmers' Party. Through the years, the party are still the party that want to cut taxes most radically, preferring a flat tax.

Today, current leader of the Liberal Party is Johan Pehrson.